Case of fatal air embolism during double-J ureteral stent placement

• Những tác giả chính: Peng Zhang (Tác giả), Chen Qing (Tác giả), Jianbo Li (Tác giả), Shisheng Zhu (Tác giả)
• Định dạng: Sách
• Được phát hành: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Những chủ đề: article
• Truy cập trực tuyến: Connect to this object online.

Air embolism is a severe and fatal complication, but it is very rare during transurethral surgery. This report describes a case of air embolism during double-J ureteral stent placement in a 45-year-old woman. During ureteroscopy, a sudden decrease in oxygen saturation and end-expiratory carbon dioxi...