Does pneumoperitoneum in laparoscopic intervention induce additional stress on elderly patients?

Taylessani, C.; Muth, K.; Niebuhr, H.; Rückert, K.

Langenbecks Archiv für Chirurgie. Supplement. Kongressband. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chirurgie. Kongress 114: 1108-1110

1997


ISSN/ISBN: 0942-2854
PMID: 9574348
Document Number: 471206
Although the required pneumoperitoneum for laparoscopic cholecystectomy and laparoscopic hernial repair means stress for the elderly, it does not affect them negatively from a clinical point of view. On the contrary, the patient profits by a low complication rate, a quick recovery and a shorter stay in hospital.

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