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Cardiac tamponade during laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 August 2006

J. Farlo ,
D. Thawgathurai ,
M. Mikhail ,
K. Yaker ,
J. Sullivan  and
E. Morgan
J. Farlo
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Southern California, Kenneth Norris Jr. Cancer Hospital 1441 Eastlake Avenue, Room 441, 90033 Los Angeles, CA, USA
D. Thawgathurai
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Southern California, Kenneth Norris Jr. Cancer Hospital 1441 Eastlake Avenue, Room 441, 90033 Los Angeles, CA, USA
M. Mikhail
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Southern California, Kenneth Norris Jr. Cancer Hospital 1441 Eastlake Avenue, Room 441, 90033 Los Angeles, CA, USA
K. Yaker
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Southern California, Kenneth Norris Jr. Cancer Hospital 1441 Eastlake Avenue, Room 441, 90033 Los Angeles, CA, USA
J. Sullivan
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Southern California, Kenneth Norris Jr. Cancer Hospital 1441 Eastlake Avenue, Room 441, 90033 Los Angeles, CA, USA
E. Morgan
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Southern California, Kenneth Norris Jr. Cancer Hospital 1441 Eastlake Avenue, Room 441, 90033 Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Abstract

Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication is becoming a popular technique in the surgical management of reflux disease. The advantages of laparoscopic surgery include shorter hospital stays, greater patient acceptance and decreased overall morbidity [1]. Laparoscopic surgery eliminates the necessity for an upper abdominal incision and the consequent post-operative impairment of pulmonary mechanics [2]. Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication has been associated with a low incidence of severe peri-operative complications although of a different nature to those following the open procedure [3]. We are reporting a rare case of acute cardiovascular collapse secondary to cardiac tamponade during laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication.

Keywords

laparoscopic nissen fundoplicationcardiac tamponade
Type
Case Report
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European Journal of Anaesthesiology , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , March 1998 , pp. 246 - 247
Copyright
1998 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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