Journal of clinical laser medicine & surgery
J Clin Laser Med Surg
· ISSN (print) 1044-5471
· 1 paper in corpus
other
1998
Carboxyhemoglobinemia due to peritoneal smoke absorption from laser tissue combustion at laparoscopy
OBJECTIVE: The carbon monoxide (CO) smoke component from tissue pyrolysis was evaluated for peritoneal absorption in patients undergoing laparoscopy to determine its effects and ability to be detected in peripheral blood. SUMMARY BACKGROUN…