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ReviewCureus2021

Can We Routinely Employ the Use of Low-Pressure Gynaecological Laparoscopy? A Systematic Review.

Jack Hamer, Edward Jones, Amy Chan, Farshad Tahmasebi

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Review in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Jack HamerObstetrics and Gynaecology, Russells Hall Hospital, The Dudley Group National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Dudley, GBR.
Edward JonesAnaesthesiology, Russells Hall Hospital, The Dudley Group National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Dudley, GBR.
Amy ChanObstetrics and Gynaecology, Russells Hall Hospital, The Dudley Group National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Dudley, GBR.
Farshad TahmasebiObstetrics and Gynaecology, Russells Hall Hospital, The Dudley Group National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Dudley, GBR.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clinicians have learnt valuable lessons throughout the COV-SARS-2 pandemic, many of which have produced solutions that we aim to continue to implement within the foreseeable future. Optimising patients' surgical pathways to reduce the length of stay and complications is an area of particular importance, both for maximal utilisation of available resources and for reduction of the exposure of inpatient and elective patients to an increased risk of infection within healthcare facilities. The aim of this review was to investigate the possible implications of using low-pressure laparoscopic gynaecological surgery versus standard- or high-pressure pneumoperitoneum surgeries. The primary outcome was postoperative pain, with secondary outcomes including duration of surgery, length of inpatient stay and rate of complications. MEDLINE, Embase and Cochrane CENTRAL were searched from inception to December 2020. We searched for published randomised control trials comparing low-pressure laparoscopic surgery (≤8 mmHg) to at least one additional standardised pneumoperitoneum pressure (≥12 mmHg and/or ≥15 mmHg). A total of 203 studies were reviewed, five of which were included in this analysis. Studies comparing low-pressure laparoscopic surgery against gasless abdominal cavities were excluded. The meta-analysis of the results was pooled and calculated within RevMan 5.0 software (Cochrane, London, England). Studies using a visual analogue scale (1-10) to compare low versus standard pneumoperitoneum pressures did not display a significant diminution of postoperative pain at ≤ 6 or 24 hours: -0.30 [95% CI -0.63, 0.03] and -0.66 [95% CI -1.35, 0.02], respectively. Studies additionally demonstrated worse visualisation of the surgical field within the low-pressure group (risk ratio 10.31; 95% CI, 1.29-82.38 I

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gynaelow-pressureminimally invasive laparoscopypneumoperitoneumpostoperative pain

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PMCPMC8244579

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