Dae Woo Lee1, Min Jung Kim, Yoon Kyung Lee, Hae Nam Lee. 1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon, Korea.
Abstract
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To estimate the effect of intraabdominal pressure and risk factors related to the occurrence of subcutaneous emphysema during laparoscopic surgery. DESIGN: Prospective randomized study (Canadian Task Force classification I). SETTING:University hospital. PATIENTS: Two hundred patients who underwent gynecologic laparoscopy because of benign gynecologic disease or cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. INTERVENTIONS:Gynecologic laparoscopy. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Before surgery, patients were divided randomly into 2 groups. During surgery, the first group were limited to 12 mm Hg intraabdominal pressure (n = 100), and the second group 10 mm Hg intraabdominal pressure (n = 100). The incidence of subcutaneous emphysema in each group and the relationship between subcutaneous emphysema and operation time, table tilt angle, patient age, body mass index (BMI) and end-tidal CO(2) (ETco(2)) were analyzed. The occurrence of subcutaneous emphysema was significantly lower in the group 2 than in group 1 (p = .02). The BMI was significantly lower (p = .02), and peak ETco(2) significantly higher (p < .001) in the group in which subcutaneous emphysema developed. However, there were no significant differences in age, operative time, table tilt angle, number of ports used, and initial ETco(2) between the groups with and without subcutaneous emphysema. CONCLUSIONS: The incidence of subcutaneous emphysema increased with higher intraabdominal pressure during gynecology laparoscopy. Low BMI and increased intraoperative ETco(2) concentration were also related to the occurrence of subcutaneous emphysema.
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STUDY OBJECTIVE: To estimate the effect of intraabdominal pressure and risk factors related to the occurrence of subcutaneous emphysema during laparoscopic surgery. DESIGN: Prospective randomized study (Canadian Task Force classification I). SETTING: University hospital. PATIENTS: Two hundred patients who underwent gynecologic laparoscopy because of benign gynecologic disease or cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. INTERVENTIONS: Gynecologic laparoscopy. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Before surgery, patients were divided randomly into 2 groups. During surgery, the first group were limited to 12 mm Hg intraabdominal pressure (n = 100), and the second group 10 mm Hg intraabdominal pressure (n = 100). The incidence of subcutaneous emphysema in each group and the relationship between subcutaneous emphysema and operation time, table tilt angle, patient age, body mass index (BMI) and end-tidal CO(2) (ETco(2)) were analyzed. The occurrence of subcutaneous emphysema was significantly lower in the group 2 than in group 1 (p = .02). The BMI was significantly lower (p = .02), and peak ETco(2) significantly higher (p < .001) in the group in which subcutaneous emphysema developed. However, there were no significant differences in age, operative time, table tilt angle, number of ports used, and initial ETco(2) between the groups with and without subcutaneous emphysema. CONCLUSIONS: The incidence of subcutaneous emphysema increased with higher intraabdominal pressure during gynecology laparoscopy. Low BMI and increased intraoperative ETco(2) concentration were also related to the occurrence of subcutaneous emphysema.
Authors: Tammy Kindel; Nicholas Latchana; Mamta Swaroop; Umer I Chaudhry; Sabrena F Noria; Rachel L Choron; Mark J Seamon; Maggie J Lin; Melissa Mao; James Cipolla; Maher El Chaar; Dane Scantling; Niels D Martin; David C Evans; Thomas J Papadimos; Stanislaw P Stawicki Journal: Int J Crit Illn Inj Sci Date: 2015 Jul-Sep