title: [Right-sided pneumothorax in laparoscopic cholecystectomy].
abstract: In a 28-year-old woman right-sided pneumothorax developed during a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The authors believe that the pneumothorax was caused by in the inflow of carbon dioxide into the thoracic cavity without injury to the diaphragm. So far, only a few reports of this complication exist, but in the future it will probably occur more frequently, since the number of laparoscopic operations is increasing. The symptoms are alterations in capnography, subcutaneous emphysema and diminished respiratory sounds.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Klinik, St.-Salvator-Krankenhaus Halberstadt.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Eder
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Putzki
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tautenhahn
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000601:surgery*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D013352:Subcutaneous Emphysema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide
vernacular_title: Rechtsseitiger Pneumothorax bei laparoskopischer Cholecystekomie.