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Suspected air embolism through the thoracic ventral internal vertebral venous plexus during hemilaminectomy in dogs
Author(s) -
MorteraBalsa V.,
van Oostrom H.,
Yeamans C.,
GutierrezQuintana R.,
Penderis J.,
Granger N.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/jsap.12665
Subject(s) - medicine , air embolism , venous plexus , tachycardia , anesthesia , venous blood , plexus , surgery , complication
Venous air embolism entering via the ventral internal vertebral venous plexus was suspected during thoracic spinal surgery in two dogs. In both cases, air was seen bubbling from a pool of blood on the floor of the vertebral canal accompanied by sudden cardiopulmonary disturbances: low end‐tidal carbon dioxide pressure, tachycardia and reduction in oxygen in the blood. One dog became dyspnoeic and one died.