Not fatal venous air embolism after holmium laser enucleation of the prostate: Case report and review of literature

Not fatal venous air embolism after holmium laser enucleation of the prostate: Case report and review of literature

Objective: Holmium laser has demonstrated high efficacy in urethral disobstruction. Venous air embolism (VAE) is a rare complication of prostate surgery. Only two cases of venous air embolism (VAE) in patients submitted to HoLEP, have been described. In this paper we show a third case of not fatal V...

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Main Authors: Daniele Romagnoli, Mobin Ghaemian, Daniele D'Agostino, Paolo Corsi, Marco Giampaoli, Alessandro Del Rosso, Matteo Cevenini, Riccardo Schiavina, Eugenio Brunocilla, Giorgio Davià, Walter Artibani, Angelo Porreca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2020-04-01
Series:Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia
Subjects:
Holmium Laser enucleation of the prostate
Nitrogen embolus
Transurethral resection of the prostate
Urethral disobstruction
Venous embolism
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