Anesthesia techniques in laparoscopic surgery have evolved significantly, with a growing emphasis on minimizing invasiveness and enhancing patient recovery. Traditionally, general anesthesia (GA) has ...

General anesthesia is usually used for laparoscopic cholecystectomy—as typically performed, pneumoperitoneum requires endotracheal intubation. Tzovaras et al. conducted a pilot study to see whether ...

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Laparoscopic hernia repair is similar to other laparoscopic procedures. General anesthesia is given, and a small cut (incision) is made in or just below the navel. The abdomen is inflated with air so ...

Following laparoscopic cholecystectomy, the incidence of postoperative urinary retention is lower with sugammadex than with neostigmine used for reversal of neuromuscular blockade, a study shows.

The most common treatment for gallstones is removing your gallbladder. The gallbladder is not an essential organ, which means that you can live normally without one. It is a storage organ for bile.

A new study shows that pairing soothing music with a structured recovery protocol helps colorectal cancer patients wake faster, stay physiologically stable, and avoid common post-anesthesia ...

Laparoscopy is a new trend in surgery. A don at the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTH), Ile-Ife, Osun State, Dr Segun Badejoko, explains what ...

This editorial will serve as both a technical review for Jayne et al's article published in this issue on the long-term results of the United Kingdom Medical Research Council (UK MRC) Conventional ...

Researchers from Duke University Medical Center found that by adding ethyl nitrite gas to the carbon dioxide used to inflate the surgical area during laparoscopy, blood flow and organ function was ...