Anaesthesia for laparoscopic surgery

Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2016 Jan;77(1):24-8. doi: 10.12968/hmed.2016.77.1.24.

Abstract

Laparoscopic surgery has become increasingly common with reduced postoperative pain and faster recovery. Clinicians managing patients undergoing abdominal laparoscopic surgery should appreciate the physiological changes which mainly arise from patient positioning and the effects of pneumoperitoneum.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Airway Management / methods
  • Anesthesia / adverse effects
  • Anesthesia / methods*
  • Humans
  • Intraoperative Complications / prevention & control
  • Laparoscopy / adverse effects
  • Laparoscopy / methods*
  • Pneumoperitoneum, Artificial / adverse effects
  • Pneumoperitoneum, Artificial / methods