Hemorrhagic shock after minor laparoscopic procedures
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1Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
|May 9, 2015
Abstract:
Severe bleeding from injury to abdominal wall blood vessels during minor laparoscopic procedures can occur. Two cases of shock presenting several hours after surgery are presented.
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