Isolated pneumomediastinum following laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a rare complication

Development of postoperative pneumomediastinum is one of the most infrequent complications of laparoscopic procedures. We report a case of a 47-year-old woman who developed pneumomediastinum consequently to laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The patient was treated conservatively and was discharged on th...

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Autores principales: Kostis, Minas, Patriarcheas, Vasileios, Apergis, Stamatios, Leontis, Michail, Panayiotakopoulos, George
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6865337/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31768249
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjz340
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author Kostis, Minas
Patriarcheas, Vasileios
Apergis, Stamatios
Leontis, Michail
Panayiotakopoulos, George
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description Development of postoperative pneumomediastinum is one of the most infrequent complications of laparoscopic procedures. We report a case of a 47-year-old woman who developed pneumomediastinum consequently to laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The patient was treated conservatively and was discharged on the fifth postoperative day. Early detection of this condition, differential diagnosis and careful monitoring of the patient are important, as it may lead to severe consequences, including the life-threatening tension pneumomediastinum.
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spelling pubmed-68653372019-11-25 Isolated pneumomediastinum following laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a rare complication Kostis, Minas Patriarcheas, Vasileios Apergis, Stamatios Leontis, Michail Panayiotakopoulos, George J Surg Case Rep Case Report Development of postoperative pneumomediastinum is one of the most infrequent complications of laparoscopic procedures. We report a case of a 47-year-old woman who developed pneumomediastinum consequently to laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The patient was treated conservatively and was discharged on the fifth postoperative day. Early detection of this condition, differential diagnosis and careful monitoring of the patient are important, as it may lead to severe consequences, including the life-threatening tension pneumomediastinum. Oxford University Press 2019-11-20 /pmc/articles/PMC6865337/ /pubmed/31768249 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjz340 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2019. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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Isolated pneumomediastinum following laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a rare complication
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title_full Isolated pneumomediastinum following laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a rare complication
title_fullStr Isolated pneumomediastinum following laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a rare complication
title_full_unstemmed Isolated pneumomediastinum following laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a rare complication
title_short Isolated pneumomediastinum following laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a rare complication
title_sort isolated pneumomediastinum following laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a rare complication
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6865337/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjz340
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