title: Carbon dioxide embolism during laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
abstract: We present a 38-year-old woman with cholelithiasis having laparoscopic cholecystectomy. After two attempts of abdominal insufflation using CO2 and a Verres needle, the patient had symptoms consistent with a venous gas embolism. The patient was treated quickly and recovered without sequelae. Surgery was continued, and inspection of the liver showed two Verres needle puncture wounds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Moskop
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Lubarsky
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000601:surgery; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide