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Author: H. Lau

Published in: Surgical Endoscopy | Issue 1/2004

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Peritoneal tear leads to leakage of carbon dioxide into the peritoneal cavity. Dr. Ng and Dr. Cheng suggest that the valvular effect formed by loops of bowel lying on top of the peritoneal rent accounted for the gas flow. In fact, air flows only in the presence of a pressure difference. Once the pressures of the two spaces equalize, the gas flow, as well as the loss of working space, will halt. …

Jackson, SA, Laurence, AS, Hill, JC 1996Does post-laparoscopic pain relate to residual carbon dioxide?Anaesthesia51485487PubMed

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Author: H. Lau
Publication date: 01-01-2004
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Surgical Endoscopy / Issue 1/2004
Print ISSN: 0930-2794
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2218
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-003-9016-x

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