[Right-sided pneumothorax--a complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy].
In a 49-years old woman cholecystolithiasis was confirmed by sonography and she was admitted for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. During the operation right-sided pneumothorax developed as a result of the injury of diaphragma by monopolar electrocautery. Operation was converted and the injury was treated by continuous suture. Carbon dioxide was spontaneously resorbed from thoracic cavity during the 5 days following the operation without tube thoracostomy. The operating wound was healed per primam and the patient was discharged on the 14th postoperative day.
Popovic
J
J
Chirurgické oddelenie, Nemocnica Ruzinov, Bratislava.
Hut'an
M
M
Poticný
V
V
D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology*
Pravostranný pneumotorax--komplikácia laparoskopickej cholecystektomie.