LAPAROSCOPIC UPPER ABDOMINAL OPERATIONS AND MESENTERIC INFARCTION

Authors
SCHORR RT
Citation
Rt. Schorr, LAPAROSCOPIC UPPER ABDOMINAL OPERATIONS AND MESENTERIC INFARCTION, Journal of laparoendoscopic surgery, 5(6), 1995, pp. 389-392
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Journal of laparoendoscopic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
10523901
Volume
5
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
389 - 392
Database
ISI
SICI code
1052-3901(1995)5:6<389:LUAOAM>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Mesenteric visceral infarction occurring after laparoscopic procedures in the upper abdomen may be a direct result of physiologic changes in duced by carbon dioxide pneumoperitoneum and other technical elements with these procedures, The reported case is characteristic of a seemin gly successful operative result interrupted by this devastating compli cation.