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
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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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description 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 intraoperatively. We conclude that sharp dissection should always be used initially when entering the peritoneal cavity where free gas is present, cautery can subsequently be used once the free air has escaped.
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spelling pubmed-35698922013-02-19 Ignition of Free Gas in the Peritoneal Cavity: An Explosive Complication Mumith, Aadil Thuraisingham, Justin Gurunathan-Mani, Sivaraman Case Rep Surg Case Report 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 intraoperatively. We conclude that sharp dissection should always be used initially when entering the peritoneal cavity where free gas is present, cautery can subsequently be used once the free air has escaped. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-01-29 /pmc/articles/PMC3569892/ /pubmed/23424709 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/746430 Text en Copyright © 2013 Aadil Mumith et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Ignition of Free Gas in the Peritoneal Cavity: An Explosive Complication
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title_sort ignition of free gas in the peritoneal cavity: an explosive complication
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