Surgical endoscopy
-
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
The clinical impact of warmed insufflation carbon dioxide gas for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Reports suggest that the insufflation of cold gas to produce a pneumoperitoneum for laparoscopic surgery can lead to an intraoperative decrease in core body temperature and increased postoperative pain. ⋯ The use of carbon dioxide gas warmed to body temperature to produce a pneumoperitoneum during short-term laparoscopic surgery has no clinically important effect.