TENSION PNEUMOPERITONEUM AS AN EARLY COMPLICATION AFTER ADENOTONSILLECTOMY

Authors
VOS GD MARRES EH HEINEMAN E JANSSENS M
Citation
Gd. Vos et al., TENSION PNEUMOPERITONEUM AS AN EARLY COMPLICATION AFTER ADENOTONSILLECTOMY, Journal of Laryngology and Otology, 109(5), 1995, pp. 440-441
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Otorhinolaryngology
Journal title
Journal of Laryngology and Otology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00222151
Volume
109
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
440 - 441
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2151(1995)109:5<440:TPAAEC>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Pneumoperitoneum as a result of pneumomediastinum has been described a lready. Amongst the causes pneumoperitoneum due to a complication of a denotonsillectomy, has not previously been described. We describe a fi ve-year-old girl with tension pneumoperitoneum with respiratory and ci rculatory insufficiency half an hour after adenotonsillectomy. Removal of the intra-abdominal air with a 14 gauge needle restored normal res piration and circulation.