Flickering diaphragm sign, an indicator of laparoscopy-associated pneumothorax secondary to pleural breach
During laparoscopic mobilisation of the oesophagus around hiatus in transhiatal oesophagectomy; commonly the pleura is breached causing iatrogenic pneumothorax. Often small breaches in pleura goes unnoticed till the attention is drawn by anaesthetist when pressures drop with building up of end-tidal...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Indian Journal of Anaesthesia |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2020;volume=64;issue=3;spage=233;epage=235;aulast=Nusrath |