Case ReportInternational Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health
Publication: Oxygen embolism: an unusual consequence of hydrogen peroxide irrigation
Int J Community Med Public Health. 2016;3(9):2683-2685.DOI10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20163096
Abstract
Three-percent solution of hydrogen peroxide is commonly used as a wound antiseptic agent to irrigate the operative field in Neurosurgical cases. We report a case of 45 year male who had undergone lumbar laminectomy under general anaesthesia in prone position and irrigation of surgical wound with hydrogen peroxide led to massive gas embolism during the surgery.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, M. Ch. Neurosurgery Institute, Grant Government Medical College and Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Department of Neurosurgery, M. Ch. Neurosurgery, DNB Neurosurgery Institute, Grant Government Medical College and Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India