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Gynecologic endoscopic gas embolism
S L Corson1, P G Brooks, R M Soderstrom
1Thomas Jefferson University School of Medicine, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, USA.
Fertility and Sterility
|March 1, 1996
Abstract
Objective:
To alert gynecologic surgeons to the risk of room air embolism during endoscopy.
Design:
Case reports.
Setting:
Medico-legal consultations.
Patients:
Five women having endoscopic procedures.
Interventions:
Endoscopy followed by emergency resuscitative measures.
Results:
Morbidity and mortality.
Conclusions:
The risk of room air embolism may be lessened by attention to the operative technique and by monitoring the end tidal carbon dioxide levels.