Small Trocar Perforation of the Small Bowel: A Case Report

Although laparoscopy is one of the most common surgical procedures done today, bowel perforations can and do occur during the initial insertion of the Veress needle and/or trocar. Recent advances in microlaparoscopy have reduced the morbidity of this complication when encountered. We report a case o...

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Autores principales: Almeida, Oscar D., Val-Gallas, John M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons 1998
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3015313/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9876757
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description Although laparoscopy is one of the most common surgical procedures done today, bowel perforations can and do occur during the initial insertion of the Veress needle and/or trocar. Recent advances in microlaparoscopy have reduced the morbidity of this complication when encountered. We report a case of small bowel perforation following insertion of a Veress needle with its 2 mm trocar and our minimally invasive intra-operative and postoperative management of the patient.
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spelling pubmed-30153132011-02-17 Small Trocar Perforation of the Small Bowel: A Case Report Almeida, Oscar D. Val-Gallas, John M. JSLS Case Reports Although laparoscopy is one of the most common surgical procedures done today, bowel perforations can and do occur during the initial insertion of the Veress needle and/or trocar. Recent advances in microlaparoscopy have reduced the morbidity of this complication when encountered. We report a case of small bowel perforation following insertion of a Veress needle with its 2 mm trocar and our minimally invasive intra-operative and postoperative management of the patient. Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons 1998 /pmc/articles/PMC3015313/ /pubmed/9876757 Text en © 1998 by JSLS, Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/), which permits for noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not altered in any way.
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Small Trocar Perforation of the Small Bowel: A Case Report
title Small Trocar Perforation of the Small Bowel: A Case Report
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title_short Small Trocar Perforation of the Small Bowel: A Case Report
title_sort small trocar perforation of the small bowel: a case report
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