Fatal aortic injury during laparoscopy: Report of two cases

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 80-82

  Romaine, Nathalie ^a   Michaud, Katarzyna ^a   Brandt Casadevall, Conxita ^a   Mangin, Patrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTER OF LEGAL MEDICINE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aorta; Fatal vascular injury; Laparoscopy; Obesity; Trocar

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ADULT; AORTA INJURY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; GASTROPLASTY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTESTINE SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; TROCAR;

ADULT; AORTA, THORACIC; CECUM; DIAPHRAGM; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; ILEUM; LAPAROSCOPY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 0037371602     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-200303000-00015     Document Type: Article

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