Ignition of Free Gas in the Peritoneal Cavity: An Explosive Complication

We report an extremely rare event where the use of diathermy to enter the peritoneal cavity caused the free gas within it to ignite and consequently burn the surgeon during a standard right hemicolectomy procedure for a caecal perforation. This should be noted as a possible safety concern intraopera...

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Autores principales: Mumith, Aadil, Thuraisingham, Justin, Gurunathan-Mani, Sivaraman
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3569892/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23424709
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/746430

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3569892/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23424709
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/746430

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