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Case Reports
. 1994 Jun;8(6):689-91.
doi: 10.1007/BF00678568.

Aortic injury. A catastrophic complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy

K N Apelgren  1 , D E Scheeres
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Case Reports

Aortic injury. A catastrophic complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy

K N Apelgren et al. Surg Endosc. 1994 Jun.

Abstract

Two cases of aortic injury from trocar insertion during laparoscopic cholecystectomy are described and analyzed. The literature is reviewed and suggestions are offered for avoiding and treating this major complication. Both patients survived and are normal.

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