Persistent post-laparoscopy pneumoperitoneum: Expected or cause for alarm?

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 296-299

  Feingold, D L ^a,b   Widmann, W D ^a,b   Calhoun, S K ^b   Teigen, E L ^a   Crist, L ^b   Willekes, L J ^b   Dykes, N L ^c   Liu, E H ^a   Lunga, A A ^a   Aranoff, T ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Laparoscopic surgery; Postoperative pneumoperitoneum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; NONHUMAN; PERFORATION; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANIMALS; LAPAROSCOPY; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; SWINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037317677     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-001-8297-1     Document Type: Article

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