Pneumomediastinum as a Complication of Preperitoneal Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy

BACKGROUND: As new approaches to herniorrhaphy are popularized, new complications are being encountered. Pneumomediastinum is one such complication. METHODS: We present a patient who developed pneumomediastinum after an elective bilateral preperitoneal laparoscopic hernia repair. RESULTS: The patien...

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Autores principales: Madan, Atul K., Likes, Maggie, Raafat, Aml
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons 2003
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3015468/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12723003
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description BACKGROUND: As new approaches to herniorrhaphy are popularized, new complications are being encountered. Pneumomediastinum is one such complication. METHODS: We present a patient who developed pneumomediastinum after an elective bilateral preperitoneal laparoscopic hernia repair. RESULTS: The patient was observed and discharged 24 hours later with no permanent sequelae. CONCLUSIONS: Pneumomediastinum is a rare complication of laparoscopic hernia repair.
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spelling pubmed-30154682011-02-17 Pneumomediastinum as a Complication of Preperitoneal Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy Madan, Atul K. Likes, Maggie Raafat, Aml JSLS Case Reports BACKGROUND: As new approaches to herniorrhaphy are popularized, new complications are being encountered. Pneumomediastinum is one such complication. METHODS: We present a patient who developed pneumomediastinum after an elective bilateral preperitoneal laparoscopic hernia repair. RESULTS: The patient was observed and discharged 24 hours later with no permanent sequelae. CONCLUSIONS: Pneumomediastinum is a rare complication of laparoscopic hernia repair. Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons 2003 /pmc/articles/PMC3015468/ /pubmed/12723003 Text en © 2003 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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Pneumomediastinum as a Complication of Preperitoneal Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy
title Pneumomediastinum as a Complication of Preperitoneal Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy
title_full Pneumomediastinum as a Complication of Preperitoneal Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy
title_fullStr Pneumomediastinum as a Complication of Preperitoneal Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy
title_full_unstemmed Pneumomediastinum as a Complication of Preperitoneal Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy
title_short Pneumomediastinum as a Complication of Preperitoneal Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy
title_sort pneumomediastinum as a complication of preperitoneal laparoscopic herniorrhaphy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3015468/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12723003
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