Argon gas embolism in the application of laparoscopic microwave coagulation therapy

Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 394-398

  Ikegami, Toru ^a   Shimada, Mitsuo ^a   Imura, Satoru ^a   Nakamura, Tomoka ^a   Kawahito, Shinji ^a   Morine, Yuji ^a   Kanemura, Hirofumi ^a   Hanaoka, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Argon beam coagulator; Gas embolism; Laparoscopic surgery; Microwave coagulation therapy

Indexed keywords

ARGON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; FEMALE; GAS EMBOLISM; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART MASSAGE; HEART RATE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAPAROSCOPIC HEPATECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MICROWAVE THERAPY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; RESUSCITATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; ARGON; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; EMBOLISM, AIR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LASER COAGULATION; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PNEUMOPERITONEUM, ARTIFICIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67349183947     PISSN: 09441166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00534-008-0039-5     Document Type: Article

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