Vascular Air Embolism Complicating Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: Medical Malpractice or Fatal Unforeseeable Complication?

Urology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 681.e1-681.e4

  Turillazzi, Emanuela ^a   Pomara, Cristoforo ^a   Bisceglia, Raffaella ^a   Neri, Margherita ^a   Riezzo, Irene ^a   Pomara, Giorgio ^b   Francesca, Francesco ^b   Fineschi, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALPRACTICE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULAR AIR EMBOLISM;

EID: 60549113932     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.03.028     Document Type: Article

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