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Two cases of aortic injury from trocar insertion during laparoscopic cholecystectomy are described and analyzed. The literature is reviewed and suggestions are offered for avoiding and treating this major complication. Both patients survived and are normal.
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Apelgren, K.N., Scheeres, D.E. Aortic injury. Surg Endosc 8, 689–691 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00678568
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00678568