Background During the last two decades, an increasing number of bariatric surgical
procedures have been performed worldwide. There is no consensus regarding optimal …

Background Significant pain can be experienced after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. This
systematic review aims to formulate PROSPECT (PROcedure SPECific Postoperative Pain …

Local anesthetic wound infiltration (WI) provides anesthesia for minor surgical procedures
and improves postoperative analgesia as part of multimodal analgesia after general or …

To systematically evaluate the effectiveness and safety of the enhanced recovery after
surgery (ERAS) pathway in bariatric surgery. A literature search was conducted using …

Background The attempt to further reduce operative trauma in laparoscopic cholecystectomy
has led to new techniques such as natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) …

Laparoscopy, one of minimally invasive procedures, is a commonly used procedure in
diagnosis and management of various kinds of clinical problems, including gynecologic …

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of the pulmonary recruitment maneuver (PRM) and
intraperitoneal normal saline infusion (INSI) in removing postlaparoscopic carbon dioxide …

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 …

Background and Objectives Transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block has been shown to
reduce pain and analgesic requirements after abdominal surgery. Our hypothesis was that …

Background/purpose With the advent of minimally invasive gallbladder surgery, and now
with natural orifice techniques emerging, visceral nociception has been neglected as a …