Carbon dioxide embolism during laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
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.
Moskop
R J
RJ
Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
Lubarsky
D A
DA
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
D002245:Carbon Dioxide