Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Cardiorespiratory parameters during conventional or gasless gynecological laparoscopy under general or regional anesthesia.
Conventional laparoscopy is aided by CO2 insufflation, which may impair the cardiorespiratory system and have life-threatening implications. This procedure is conducted under general anesthesia (GA). Gasless laparoscopy supposedly eliminates most of those disadvantages, but is technically more difficult to perform. In the present study, we compared cardiorespiratory parameters of conventional abdominal laparoscopy under GA to gasless laparoscopy under general or epidural anesthesia. ⋯ General and regional anesthesia may be employed in gasless laparoscopy for gynecological surgery.