Langenbeck's archives of surgery
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Langenbecks Arch Surg · Apr 2003
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialEffect of drainage on postoperative nausea, vomiting, and pain after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is associated with a high incidence of postoperative pain, nausea, and vomiting. Pneumoperitoneum created during the operation and residual gas after the operation are two of the factors in postoperative pain and nausea. We studied the effects of a subdiaphragmatic gas drain, which is intended to decrease the residual gas, on postoperative pain, nausea, and vomiting after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. ⋯ Subdiaphragmatic drain offers only minor, if any, benefit on postoperative pain, nausea, and vomiting after laparoscopic cholecystectomy, and this effect is probably clinically irrelevant.