LIFE-THREATENING TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX DURING LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY

Authors
DAWSON R FERGUSON CJ
Citation
R. Dawson et Cj. Ferguson, LIFE-THREATENING TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX DURING LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY, Surgical laparoscopy & endoscopy, 7(3), 1997, pp. 271-272
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Surgical laparoscopy & endoscopy → ACNP
ISSN journal
10517200
Volume
7
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
271 - 272
Database
ISI
SICI code
1051-7200(1997)7:3<271:LTPDLC>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
We report an instance of life-threatening tension pneumothorax during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Such complications are rare but can be c atastrophic without rapid intervention and management. The introductio n of new technology should serve to obviate such problems in the futur e.