Ventricular fibrillation caused by electrocoagulation in monopolar mode during laparoscopic subphrenic mass resection.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Monopolar is usually a safe and effective electrosurgical unit used in laparoscopic general surgery. However, it can cause adverse outcomes and even cardiac arrest. We present a video of laparoscopic subphrenic mass resection using monopolar coagulation during which ventricular fibrillation occurred and from which the patient was successfully resuscitated.

Methods

Our patient was a 39-year-old man who was admitted to our institution for treatment of a liver mass. The mass was located in the left subphrenic region and was 3.31 cm × 2.7 cm according to B ultrasound. He had had a spleen resection after a car accident 14 years before. He was otherwise healthy and a physical examination was negative. He was scheduled for "laparoscopic exploration, mass resection." Gene

SUBMITTER: Yan CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3003788 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature