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Delayed pneumomediastinum and pneumothorax complicating laparoscopic extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair.

Bartelmaos T, Blanc R, De Claviere G, Benhamou D

Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hôspital de Bicêtre, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.

A 53-year-old healthy man underwent elective laparoscopic, extraperitoneal, right-sided herniorrhaphy. Postoperatively, he complained of chest pain on inspiration. Chest x-ray and computed tomographic scan revealed a pneumomediastinum and a right-sided pneumothorax. Previous case reports and possible etiologies are reviewed.

Published 17 May 2005 in J Clin Anesth, 17(3): 209-12.
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