Resolution of Pneumomediastinum, Cervicofacial Emphysema, and Internal Ophthalmoplegia with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy After Hip Arthroscopy: A Case Report
Samuel J. Thomas, Jeffery M. Bao, Aida Ansari, Eshaal Kizilbash, Jack H. Langford, Nicholas E. Kalafatis, Aumer Shughoury, Diane M. Gregory, John R. Larson, Nicholas J. Adams, Mathew K. Marsee, Christopher C. Jordan, David M. Johnson, Syed Raza, Ann Wiarda, Adeela M. Alizai, Mark M. Walsh · 2026
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Description
Air pumped into a hip joint traveled to a teenager's chest, neck, and eyes in a 2026 case report led by Samuel J. Thomas. A nineteen-year-old woman woke the morning after hip arthroscopy with pain, tingling, and crackling tissues from escaped air, plus blurred near vision. Scans found air under the skin, around the heart, and in the abdomen and face; her pupils sat fixed and dilated at seven millimeters.
Four hyperbaric oxygen sessions shrank the trapped gas, and her vision normalized eight days after discharge, after a brief myopic shift the authors tie to the oxygen therapy itself. They propose the mediastinal and facial air paralyzed her pupils' near response.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Samuel J. Thomas, Jeffery M. Bao, Aida Ansari, Eshaal Kizilbash, Jack H. Langford, Nicholas E. Kalafatis, Aumer Shughoury, Diane M. Gregory, John R. Larson, Nicholas J. Adams, Mathew K. Marsee, Christopher C. Jordan, David M. Johnson, Syed Raza, Ann Wiarda, Adeela M. Alizai, Mark M. Walsh |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 17199 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |