Venous gas embolism in operative hysteroscopy: A devastating complication in a relatively simple surgery

Venous air embolism can be a catastrophic iatrogenic complication during operative hysteroscopy and makes this simple surgical procedure very risky, especially with the lack of knowledge about its prevention, presentation, and immediate management. Three out of 13 hysteroscopic myoma resections at o...

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Autores principales: Verma, Amit, Singh, Madhu Pandey
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5885422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29643632
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/joacp.JOACP_235_15
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description Venous air embolism can be a catastrophic iatrogenic complication during operative hysteroscopy and makes this simple surgical procedure very risky, especially with the lack of knowledge about its prevention, presentation, and immediate management. Three out of 13 hysteroscopic myoma resections at our center had venous gas embolism (VGE). The prevention, diagnosis, and management of VGE are described in this report of three cases.
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spelling pubmed-58854222018-04-11 Venous gas embolism in operative hysteroscopy: A devastating complication in a relatively simple surgery Verma, Amit Singh, Madhu Pandey J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol Forum Article Venous air embolism can be a catastrophic iatrogenic complication during operative hysteroscopy and makes this simple surgical procedure very risky, especially with the lack of knowledge about its prevention, presentation, and immediate management. Three out of 13 hysteroscopic myoma resections at our center had venous gas embolism (VGE). The prevention, diagnosis, and management of VGE are described in this report of three cases. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC5885422/ /pubmed/29643632 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/joacp.JOACP_235_15 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_fullStr Venous gas embolism in operative hysteroscopy: A devastating complication in a relatively simple surgery
title_full_unstemmed Venous gas embolism in operative hysteroscopy: A devastating complication in a relatively simple surgery
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5885422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29643632
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/joacp.JOACP_235_15
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