Air Embolism During Pneumoperitoneum Treatment
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Air embolism during pneumoperitoneum treatment.
Air embolism is the most dramatic complication of artificial pneumoperitoneum. Little is known, however, of its incidence, its mortality rate or the relative risks of induction and refill. This paper discusses these problems and the methods of prevention and treatmentmost likely to be successful. The material consists of six newly reported cases and 47 cases collected from the literature. The s...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 1956
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thx.11.1.49