TY - JOUR
T1 - Laparoscopy-pneumothorax and ocular emphysema, a rare complication-a case report
AU - Suresh, Y. V.
AU - Anupama Suresh, Y.
AU - Sequeira, Trevor Francis
PY - 2014/4/15
Y1 - 2014/4/15
N2 - Occurrence of Pneumomediastinum, pneumothorax, and ocular emphysema is very rare, but developed under General Anaesthesia (GA) immediately after insuflation. A defect in the diaphragm may be the cause. A female patient aged 21-years, with infertility was posted for diagnostic laparoscopy. The extravasation of carbon dioxide at the beginning of the diagnostic laparoscopy resulted in pneumomediastinum, pneumothorax, and ocular emphysema. It was assumed that the intraperitoneal carbon dioxide traversed into the mediastinum via a defect in the diaphragm which resolved after abdominal deflation & chest tube decompression.
AB - Occurrence of Pneumomediastinum, pneumothorax, and ocular emphysema is very rare, but developed under General Anaesthesia (GA) immediately after insuflation. A defect in the diaphragm may be the cause. A female patient aged 21-years, with infertility was posted for diagnostic laparoscopy. The extravasation of carbon dioxide at the beginning of the diagnostic laparoscopy resulted in pneumomediastinum, pneumothorax, and ocular emphysema. It was assumed that the intraperitoneal carbon dioxide traversed into the mediastinum via a defect in the diaphragm which resolved after abdominal deflation & chest tube decompression.
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U2 - 10.7860/JCDR/2014/5997.4300
DO - 10.7860/JCDR/2014/5997.4300
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84899431452
SN - 2249-782X
VL - 8
SP - GD01-GD02
JO - Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
JF - Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
IS - 4
ER -