Delayed tension pneumothorax after laparoscopy

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 70-72

  Perez, Jose E ^a   Alberts, W Michael ^a,b   Mamel, Jay J ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Pneumoperitoneum; Tension pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOPERITONEUM, ARTIFICIAL; PNEUMOTHORAX; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0031016886     PISSN: 10517200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019509-199702000-00020     Document Type: Article

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