[A fatal gas embolism during a hysteroscopy-curettage].
A 26 year old woman without any pathological history except metrorrhagia underwent a hysteroscopy under epidural anaesthesia and uterine cavity dilatation by saline solution. A respiratory distress and cardoffirculatory arrest occurred at the end of the procedure. Despite several attempts of cardiorespiratory resuscitation the patient deceased. The diagnosis retained was a gas embolism caused by blast effect from reintroduction of the hysteroscope into the uterine cavity. Different mandatory security measures are evoked.
Vo Van
J M
JM
Département d'Anesthésie Réanimation, Hôtel-Dieu, Rennes, France.
Nguyen
N Q
NQ
Le Bervet
J Y
JY
D000328:Adult; D003475:Curettage / Q000401:mortality*; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015907:Hysteroscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*
Embolie gazeuse fatale lors d'une hystéroscopie-curetage.