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Spontaneous pneumothorax during laparoscopic adrenalectomy secondary to a congenital diaphragmatic defect
Ruben J Azocar1, Jose R Rios, Mohammed Hassan
1Department of Anesthesiology, Boston University Medical Center, 88 East Newton Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
|September 5, 2002
Abstract:
Despite its obvious benefits, laparoscopic surgery is not free of complications. It may cause significant physiologic changes and technical mishaps. Pneumothorax has been described as a complication of almost any type of laparoscopic surgery. We report a case of tension pneumothorax during laparoscopic adrenalectomy secondary to a congenital diaphragmatic defect and describe our treatment.