A rare but lethal complication: Post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography cerebral arterial gas embolism

Iatrogenic air embolism is a rare and potentially fatal complication of gastrointestinal endoscopy. We present a 66-year-old male patient who developed cerebral arterial gas embolism shortly after therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) for acute biliary pancreatitis, which...

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Main Authors: Hin San Chow (Author), Clarence Mak (Author), Wai Yin Chu (Author), Kwok Fai Cheung (Author)
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Published: Society of Gastrointestinal Intervention, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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