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Filter by:The proposed study aims to assess the effect of different levels of muscle relaxation on the success of low-pressure insufflation, surgical conditions and patient recovery following laparoscopic repair of a ventral hernia (VHR) between 2 and 10cm in diameter. Patients will be randomized to moderate (TOF 1-2) or deep (post tetanic count 1-2) relaxation. Specific Aim 1. Compare two different modes of neuromuscular blockade (moderate and deep) on the ability to maintain low insufflation pressure during laparoscopic VHR. All procedures will start with low-pressure insufflation (8 mm Hg). Surgeon assessment of the conditions will be serially performed during surgery on an established visual scale. If conditions are deemed less than adequate (score 1-2), insufflation pressure will incrementally increase up to 15 mm Hg. Outcome for this specific aim will be the mean insufflation pressure during each procedure, and the ability to perform low-pressure laparoscopic VHR. Specific Aim 2. Evaluate the success of moderate neuromuscular blockade on the ability to maintain good conditions (visual scale grade 4 or 5) for each. Surgical conditions will be considered successful when scores are maintained at 4 or 5 throughout the duration of the procedure. Outcome for this aim will be the mean score for surgical condition assessment for each procedure, using a previously published surgeon-driven scoring system (score 4-5 will be used as a surrogate of good visualization). Specific Aim 3. Assess patient recovery with low and high insufflation pressures during laparoscopic VHR. Patient overall satisfaction with recovery, pain level, pain medication requirement, PONV incidence and severity will be assessed in multiple time points following surgery. Outcomes for this aim will be mean pain (visual scale), PONV severity (analogue score) and incidence (binary outcome), and patient satisfaction using the QoR-15 survey. Assessments will be performed at 30 minutes, 1, 12 and 24 hours following surgery.
The investigators want to test the hypothesis that the addition of a recruitment manoeuvre to a low pressure pneumoperitoneum will lead to an additional reduction in postoperative pain. Therefore the investigators will conduct a prospective randomized controlled, single blind trial.
The Palmer's point and periumbilical region are the common laparoscopic entry site to establish the pneumoperitoneum. In the present study, the investigators assess the safety and feasibility of Meng's point as a new laparoscopic entry site in cases to perform the gastrointestinal surgery. This prospective and randomized study will compare the three entry techniques with regard to: - Complications related to the entry technique - Time taken to enter the abdomen. - The number of attempts taken to enter the abdomen
Analysis of the specific elastance during general anesthesia in patients treated with RARP (robotic assisted radical prostatectomy), to evaluate the efficacy of the preemptive strategy, involving recruitment maneuver and setting of 10 cmH2O PEEP before induction of pneumoperitoneum and trendelenburg position.
Laparoscopic surgery is frequently associated with hemodynamic changes due to pneumoperitoneum (PnP). Those complex hemodynamic changes are difficult to predict and occasionally they require active therapeutic interventions or even interruption of the surgical procedure. One of the main hemodynamic effects of PnP is a decrease in cardiac output due to reduction of venous return and cardiac preload. Although it has been shown repeatedly that waveform variables are good predictors of cardiac output response to volume loading, the prediction hemodynamic response to decrease of preload is more complex. The investigators hypothesize that waveform variables will predict cardiac output changes resulting from PnP. Particularly, augmented values of waveform variables before PnP will be associated with a larger decrease of cardiac output after establishing PnP.
Perioperative airway resistance and lung function are evaluated perioperatively in patients, who undergo surgical procedures in different postures and with or without gas insufflation into the peritoneal cavity.