Given the expanding role of ambulatory surgery and the need to facilitate an earlier hospital
discharge, improving postoperative pain control has become an increasingly important issue …

Background: Although laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) results in less pain than open
chole‐cystectomy, it is not a pain‐free procedure. Many methods of analgesia for pain after …

Background: The pneumoperitoneum is the crucial element in laparoscopic surgery.
Different clinical problems are associated with this procedure, which has led to various …

Small-scale studies have suggested a large inter-individual variation in early postoperative
pain after laparoscopic cholecystectomy, emphasizing the need for improved analgesic …

Acute pain after laparoscopic cholecystectomy is complex in nature. The pain pattern does
not resemble pain after other laparoscopic procedures, suggesting that analgesic treatment …

Pain and speed of convalescence are the two main problems after uncomplicated
laparoscopic cholecystectomy. We therefore identified interventional and descriptive studies …

Pain is the dominant complaint after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. No study has examined
the combined effects of a somato-visceral blockade during laparoscopic cholecystectomy …

Background: In the context of the much-heralded advantages of laparoscopic surgery, it can
be easy to overlook postlaparoscopy pain as a serious problem, yet as many as 80% of …

Purpose: To examine the combined preemptive effects of somatovisceral blockade during
laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). Methods: One hundred fifty-seven patients under …

Pain relief after laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is an issue of great practical importance.
Pain after LC has several origins: incisional, local visceral, peritoneal, and referred. Several …