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Review
. 2016 Jan;77(1):24-8.
doi: 10.12968/hmed.2016.77.1.24.

Anaesthesia for laparoscopic surgery

Chima Oti  1 , Mythili Mahendran  2 , Nadeem Sabir  3
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Review

Anaesthesia for laparoscopic surgery

Chima Oti et al. Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2016 Jan.

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.

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