title: Aortic injury. A catastrophic complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
abstract: Two cases of aortic injury from trocar insertion during laparoscopic cholecystectomy are described and analyzed. The literature is reviewed and suggestions are offered for avoiding and treating this major complication. Both patients survived and are normal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine, East Lansing 48824.
authors.forename: K N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Apelgren
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Scheeres
mesh_terms: D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged