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Vol. 125 No. 9, September 1990 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Nitrogen embolus as a complication of hepatic cryosurgery

R. T. Schlinkert and T. P. Chapman
Department of Surgery, Mayo Graduate School, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minn.

A case of near-fatal nitrogen embolism during hepatic cryosurgery is presented. Modifications of liquid nitrogen probes, which prevent direct contact of liquid nitrogen with the tissue being frozen, can prevent this type of injury.

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