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Invited Critique: Pulmonary Function Following Laparoscopic or Conventional Colorectal Resection
Andrew A. Shelton, MD;
Robert D. Madoff, MD
St Paul, Minn
Arch Surg. 1999;134:13.
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New surgical techniques invariably arrive amid a flurry of claimed advantages, often unsubstantiated. Laparoscopic colectomy is no exception, and surgical journals are replete with claims of an early return of gastrointestinal function, reduced pain, shorter lengths of stay, and decreased morbidity. Advocates of laparoscopic surgery have long argued that decreased postoperative pain leads to better pulmonary function, a finding borne out in comparative trials of open vs laparoscopic cholecystectomy.1-3 In the preceding article, Schwenk et al address the issue of pulmonary function following large-bowel resection: Is the well-documented impairment of pulmonary function following conventional colectomy ameliorated by a laparoscopic approach?
Alterations in pulmonary function are common following abdominal surgery because of pain, central nervous system–depressant medications, muscle weakness, and elevation of the diaphragm. Reduced functional residual capacity, vital capacity, and forced expiratory volume in 1 second conspire to cause atelectasis, which is . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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