Death during laparoscopy: Can 1 gas push out another? Danger of argon electrocoagulation

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 395-397

  Sezeur, Alain ^a,b   Partensky, Christian ^c   Chipponi, Jacques ^d   Duron, Jean Jacques ^b,c,e  

^a GROUPE HOSPITALIER DIACONESSES CROIX SAINT SIMON   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^e HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Argon electrocoagulation; Embolism; Laparoscopy; Venous gas

Indexed keywords

ARGON;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CYST; SPLENECTOMY; SURGEON; THORACOTOMY; AIR EMBOLISM; FATALITY; LAPAROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; SPLEEN DISEASE;

ARGON; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EMBOLISM, AIR; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149402324     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e318172b4fd     Document Type: Article

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