Pneumomédiastin: complications dues à ľusage ďun jet à air-comprimé
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Springer Nature in Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
- Vol. 36 (1) , 78-80
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03010892
Abstract
Les auteurs présentent un cas de pneumomédiastin et ď emphysème sous-cutané de la face, du cou et du haut-thorax chez une femme de 33 ans, après usage ďun jet à air-comprimé lors de soins dentaires sous anesthésie générale avec protoxyde ďazote. Cette rare complication est parfois oubliée de ľanesthésiste. Le pneumomédiastin a été diagnostiqué à la fin de ľintervention et la cause déterminée dans la période post-opératoire immédiate. Les complications possibles lors de ľusage de ces jets à air-comprimé sont discutées ainsi que les dangers potentiels du protoxyde ďazote dans une telle situation. We present a case-report of pneumomediastinum and surgical emphysema of the head, neck and upper thorax following the use of a high-pressure air-jet during dental surgery under general anaesthesia with N2O. This rare complication may be forgotten by the anaesthetist. The pneumomediastinum was diagnosed at the end of surgery and the cause subsequently determined during the immediate postoperative period. The possible deleterious effects of using such a dental air-jet are discussed as well as the potential dangers of the administration of nitrous oxide in such situation.Keywords
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