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Assessment of Plasma Coagulation on Liver Tissue in a Large Animal Model In Vivo
Published on: August 4, 2018
[Argon gas embolism in laparoscopic cholecystectomy with the Argon Beam One coagulator]
N Mastragelopulos1, M R Sarkar, G Kaissling
1Chirurgische Klinik, Abteilung Allgemein- und Thoraxchirurgie, Städtischen Klinikums Karlsruhe.
Abstract:
The report is about argon embolism in a 37-year-old female patient during laparoscopic cholecystectomy and coagulation of a liver bed bleeding with the "Argon Beam One". The presented case report is to show that in spite of technical perfection and correct use of the Argon Beam One coagulator unfavorable anatomical conditions can cause life threatening gas embolism.
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