Abstract
Minimal invasive surgery has extended its frame of reference enormously. It has been the favored methodology in many surgical
procedures, like laparoscopic cholecystectomy. It is the most common laparoscopic procedure done nowadays, for cholelithiasis and
other gallbladder pathologies. Boerhaave's Syndrome (BS), with a classical triad of vomiting and retching, chest or abdominal pain
and Subcutaneous Emphysema (SE), is an uncommon condition. It is described by a transmural tear of the distal esophagus initiated
by an abrupt increase in intra luminal pressure. Making a diagnosis is challenging and treatment might be conservative, endoscopic
or surgical. This case report presents a patient with postoperative surgical emphysema. A thirty-three-years old female patient
presented in out-patient surgery with history of right upper quadrant pain and was diagnosed with cholelithiasis who developed
surgical emphysema of upper part of the body after a successful laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Amir Yousaf, Muhammad Yasir Naseem, Muhammad Azam Arif, Pir Muneeb Rehman, Nizam Abdul Qadir. (2019) Boerhaave's syndrome after successful laparoscopic cholecystectomy – Case Report, Isra Medical Journal, Volume 11, Issue 5.
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