• J Surg Oncol · Nov 1995

    Review Case Reports

    Venous gas embolism during cryosurgery for bone tumors.

    • H W Schreuder, H B van Beem, and R P Veth.
    • Department of Orthopaedics, University Hospital of St. Radboud, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
    • J Surg Oncol. 1995 Nov 1; 60 (3): 196-200.

    AbstractCryosurgery using liquid nitrogen is a method for treating benign- and low-malignant skeletal tumors. The advantage of preserving the supportive function of bone should be compared to the risk for its complications; postoperative fracture is well known, but less so the occurrence of intraoperative venous gas embolism. This paper describes 17 patients: 2 patients who had serious hemodynamic complications during cryosurgery and a study of 15 patients in whom end-tidal N2 tension was measured in an attempt to investigate the clinical incidence of venous gas embolism during cryosurgery. In the 15 cases analyzed, we did not detect any exhaled N2 during cryosurgery.

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