Surgical laparoscopy & endoscopy
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Surg Laparosc Endosc · Feb 1997
Case ReportsVideo-assisted thoracoscopic closure of postpneumonectomy bronchopleural fistulas.
Despite improved surgical techniques and advances in medical-surgical treatment, postpneumonectomy bronchopleural fistulas remain an important cause of morbidity and a therapeutic challenge. Video-assisted thoracoscopic closure of these fistulas reinforced by transposition of bulky chest wall muscles or omentum to obliterate the residual space may lessen risks and complications of repeated thoracotomy in these often frail, debilitated, and compromised patients. We report our initial experience with video-assisted thoracoscopic debridement of the empyema cavity and closure of the postpneumonectomy bronchopleural fistula by transposing an entire pectoralis major muscle in one patient and by transposing a pedicled omentum in another patient.
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Surg Laparosc Endosc · Dec 1996
Case ReportsMethemoglobinemia secondary to benzocaine topical anesthetic.
An 80-year-old white woman with a history of hypertension presented to the Emergency Department with bright red bleeding from the rectum. She was treated with 5 mg of midazolam and benzocaine topical anesthetic spray prior to undergoing colonoscopy and esophageal gastroduodenoscopy. Thirty minutes after endoscopy, the patient became cyanotic and dyspneic; she was suffering from methemoglobinemia, a rare complication secondary to the use of benzocaine topical anesthetic spray. After i.v. administration of methylene blue, 120 mg (2 mg/kg) in 100 cc of normal saline solution, the cyanosis and dyspnea resolved.
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Surg Laparosc Endosc · Oct 1996
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialThe effect and timing of local anesthesia in laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Although postoperative pain following laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is less intense than that after open surgery, postoperative morbidity nonetheless increases with LC. The aim of this study was to investigate whether local anesthetic infiltration of trocar sites during LC decreased postoperative pain and, if so, to find the optimum timing for local anesthesia (LA). Seventy patients undergoing LC were randomized into three groups. ⋯ In the preoperative LA group, 50% of patients and in the postoperative LA group 28% of patients required analgesics compared with 76% in the control group. The main pain intensities and analgesic requirements were significantly lower in the postoperative LA group compared with other groups. We conclude that local anesthesia during LC reduces postoperative pain and that infiltration of trocar sites following surgery offers better pain relief than local anesthetic given just before the incision.
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Surg Laparosc Endosc · Jun 1996
Cerebral oxygen metabolism measured by near-infrared laser spectroscopy during laparoscopic cholecystectomy with CO2 insufflation.
To clarify the influence of carbon dioxide (CO2) on cerebral oxygen metabolism and blood volume during laparoscopy with CO2 insufflation in 12 patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy, changes in the concentrations of cerebral oxyhemoglobin (HbO2), reduced hemoglobin (HbR), total hemoglobin (total Hb), and oxidized cytochrome aa3 (Cyt aa3) were measured using near-infrared laser spectroscopy. Anesthesia was maintained with nitrous oxide (66%)-oxygen-sevoflurane. Pneumoperitoneum was maintained at an endoabdominal pressure of 10 to 12 mm Hg using CO2. ⋯ Therefore, the concentration of total Hb increased significantly, from 0 to 8.8 +/- 3.3 mumol/L after CO2 insufflation. The concentration of Cyt aa3, however, did not change significantly during pneumoperitoneum. These results suggest that cellular respiration remained intact despite a concomitant increase in PETCO2 and cerebral blood volume during laparoscopy with CO2 insufflation.
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Surg Laparosc Endosc · Jun 1996
Hemodynamic and respiratory changes during laparoscopic cholecystectomy with high and reduced intraabdominal pressure.
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (lapchole) is a safe procedure. Most of the complications are operation related. The complications related to increased intraabdominal pressure (IAP) are well recognized, but not emphasized enough. ⋯ HR and SaO2 showed no significant changes. At T3 there was an increase in MAP by 24.94%, in AWP by 10%, and ETCO2 by 10.6% with no significant changes in HR and SaO2. Thus, operating under reduced IAP may be beneficial to the patients with decreased cardiopulmonary reserve, especially while undergoing long surgical procedures.