Two Cases of Cerebral Air Embolism That Occurred during Esophageal Ballooning and Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography

Cerebral air embolism is an extremely rare complication of endoscopic procedure and often life threatening. We present two cases of cerebral infarction due to air embolization caused by an endoscopic intervention. The first case occurred during esophageal balloon dilatation for the treatment of a st...

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Autores principales: Park, Suyeon, Ahn, Ji Yong, Ahn, Young Eun, Jeon, Sang-Beom, Lee, Sang Soo, Jung, Hwoon-Yong, Kim, Jin-Ho
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4821521/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26898514
http://dx.doi.org/10.5946/ce.2015.071

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