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Gastropleural fistula: an unusual cause of intractable postoperative nausea and vomiting
I H Biswas1, C Raghavan, L Sevcik
1Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
Anesthesia and Analgesia
|July 1, 1996
Abstract:
Gastropleural fistula is an uncommon finding (1). Gastropleural fistulae have been reported after pulmonary resection (1), perforated paraesophageal hernia (2), perforated malignant gastric ulcer at the fundus, and gastric bypass operation for morbid obesity. We present a case of gastropleural fistula that resulted acutely from intractable postoperative nausea and vomiting after ambulatory knee arthroscopic surgery under general anesthesia.