Near-fatal perfluorocarbon-induced gas embolism after complex vitreoretinal surgery

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Intensive Care, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: oskar.voegtlin@chuv.ch.
• ² Department of Intensive Care, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.
• ³ Department of Anesthesiology, Jules-Gonin Eye Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
• ⁴ Department of Anesthesiology, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.
• ⁵ Department of Vitreoretinal Surgery, Jules-Gonin Eye Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
• ⁶ Unit of Forensic Toxicology and Chemistry (UTCF), University Center of Legal Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland.