Carbon Dioxide Embolism During Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
- 1 March 1994
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Southern Medical Association in Southern Medical Journal
- Vol. 87 (3) , 414-415
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-199403000-00026
Abstract
We present a 38-year-old woman with cholelithiasis having laparoscopic cholecystectomy. After two attempts of abdominal insufflation using CO2 and a Verres needle, the patient had symptoms consistent with a venous gas embolism. The patient was treated quickly and recovered without sequelae. Surgery was continued, and inspection of the liver showed two Verres needle puncture wounds.Keywords
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