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[Errors in digestive surgery. A case of tension pneumothorax during laparoscopic cholecystectomy]
F Aloise1, E M Rossi, F Cadregari
1Divisione di Chirurgia Generale, Ospedale Mauriziano di Valenza, Alessandria.
Minerva Chirurgica
|September 1, 1994
Abstract:
A case of tension pneumothorax caused by an accidental diaphragm injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy is presented. This complication occurred during one of the first laparoscopic cholecystectomies caused by the crochet abandoned for few seconds, into the peritoneal cavity. Therefore laparoscopy was performed and diaphragm injury repaired.