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Subcutaneous emphysema and pneumothorax during laparoscopy for ectopic pregnancy removal
1Department of Anaesthesia, Rigshospitalet, JMC, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
|June 1, 1997
Abstract:
We report a case of subcutaneous emphysema and pneumothorax during laparoscopic removal of ectopic pregnancy. Increases in airway pressures and end-tidal carbon dioxide, simultaneously with decrease of lung compliance, led quickly to diagnosis of pneumothorax. We recommend a careful monitoring of these variables during laparoscopic procedures. Carbon dioxide pneumothorax can occur even without pulmonary or pleural trauma.