AORTIC INJURY - A CATASTROPHIC COMPLICATION OF LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY

Authors
APELGREN KN SCHEERES DE
Citation
Kn. Apelgren et De. Scheeres, AORTIC INJURY - A CATASTROPHIC COMPLICATION OF LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY, Surgical endoscopy, 8(6), 1994, pp. 689-691
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Surgical endoscopy → ACNP
ISSN journal
09302794
Volume
8
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
689 - 691
Database
ISI
SICI code
0930-2794(1994)8:6<689:AI-ACC>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Two cases of aortic injury from trocar insertion during laparoscopic c holecystectomy are described and analyzed. The literature is reviewed and suggestions are offered for avoiding and treating this major compl ication. Both patients survived and are normal.