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Combustion of Pneumoperitoneum: A Rare Complication Secondary to Spontaneous Combustion of Free Gas in the Peritoneal Cavity
We report a rare incident of explosive combustion of free gas in the peritoneal cavity when an electrosurgery electrode was used to enter the peritoneal cavity via a midline incision. Pneumoperitoneum was due to spontaneous jejunal perforation. No injury was caused to the patient or medical personne...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9542043/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36225446 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28962 |
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description | We report a rare incident of explosive combustion of free gas in the peritoneal cavity when an electrosurgery electrode was used to enter the peritoneal cavity via a midline incision. Pneumoperitoneum was due to spontaneous jejunal perforation. No injury was caused to the patient or medical personnel. Theatre staff should be aware of the possible risk of combustion of bowel gas during similar scenarios. It is prudent to use sharp dissection when entering the peritoneal cavity, and cautery can be used once the free air gas escapes from the peritoneal cavity. |
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spelling | pubmed-95420432022-10-11 Combustion of Pneumoperitoneum: A Rare Complication Secondary to Spontaneous Combustion of Free Gas in the Peritoneal Cavity Seynulabdeen, Veezhmhan Cureus Anesthesiology We report a rare incident of explosive combustion of free gas in the peritoneal cavity when an electrosurgery electrode was used to enter the peritoneal cavity via a midline incision. Pneumoperitoneum was due to spontaneous jejunal perforation. No injury was caused to the patient or medical personnel. Theatre staff should be aware of the possible risk of combustion of bowel gas during similar scenarios. It is prudent to use sharp dissection when entering the peritoneal cavity, and cautery can be used once the free air gas escapes from the peritoneal cavity. Cureus 2022-09-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9542043/ /pubmed/36225446 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28962 Text en Copyright © 2022, Seynulabdeen et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Anesthesiology Seynulabdeen, Veezhmhan Combustion of Pneumoperitoneum: A Rare Complication Secondary to Spontaneous Combustion of Free Gas in the Peritoneal Cavity |
title | Combustion of Pneumoperitoneum: A Rare Complication Secondary to Spontaneous Combustion of Free Gas in the Peritoneal Cavity |
title_full | Combustion of Pneumoperitoneum: A Rare Complication Secondary to Spontaneous Combustion of Free Gas in the Peritoneal Cavity |
title_fullStr | Combustion of Pneumoperitoneum: A Rare Complication Secondary to Spontaneous Combustion of Free Gas in the Peritoneal Cavity |
title_full_unstemmed | Combustion of Pneumoperitoneum: A Rare Complication Secondary to Spontaneous Combustion of Free Gas in the Peritoneal Cavity |
title_short | Combustion of Pneumoperitoneum: A Rare Complication Secondary to Spontaneous Combustion of Free Gas in the Peritoneal Cavity |
title_sort | combustion of pneumoperitoneum: a rare complication secondary to spontaneous combustion of free gas in the peritoneal cavity |
topic | Anesthesiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9542043/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36225446 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28962 |
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