Pneumothorax during laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 93-96

  Yee, R ^a   Hyde, P R ^a   Currie, J S ^a  

^a WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Complications: pneumothorax; Surgery: laparoscopy, Nissen fundoplication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PNEUMOTHORAX; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030041608     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x9602400117     Document Type: Article

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