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...

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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
Online Access:	https://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/aiua/article/view/8468

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