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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-11-26
pubmed:abstractText
Hepatic cryotherapy is used to treat unresectable liver tumors and could potentially be undertaken laparoscopically; however, the risk of gas embolism during laparoscopic hepatic cryotherapy has not been studied. Eight New Zealand White rabbits underwent laparoscopic hepatic cryotherapy with continuous precordial ultrasound monitoring for gas embolism. No episodes of gas embolism were detected, and at postmortem no intracardiac gas was found in any rabbit. In conclusion, this study found no evidence that gas embolism is any more likely to occur during laparoscopic than in open hepatic cryotherapy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1051-7200
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
29-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Laparoscopic hepatic cryotherapy: a study of safety in rabbits.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article