Severe hypercapnia and hemodynamic instability following a sudden elevation in end-tidal CO₂ during thoraco-laparoscopic esophagectomy: a case report and literature review
Yan Xu, Hong Deng, Jie Zhu, Chunling Jiang, Xiaoqiang Li · 2026
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Yan Xu and co-authors report a crisis of trapped gas during chest and belly surgery, in work published in 2026. A man aged sixty-one was having his food pipe removed for cancer through small cuts. As the chest was filled with carbon dioxide gas, his exhaled gas level spiked to an extreme height and his blood flow swung wildly.
Checks found dense scar tissue in the chest and a tool-made tear in the lower lung. Gas had flooded the airways and blood. Surgeons fixed the lung, breathing eased, and the main surgery finished well. The authors stress live gas tracking for early warning in such cases.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Yan Xu, Hong Deng, Jie Zhu, Chunling Jiang, Xiaoqiang Li |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 19 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |