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SUBMITTER: Wu CY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4160323 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wu Chun-Yu CY Yeh Yu-Chang YC Wang Ming-Chu MC Lai Chia-Hsin CH Fan Shou-Zen SZ
BMC anesthesiology 20140831
<h4>Background</h4>The abdominal insufflation and surgical positioning in the laparoscopic surgery have been reported to result in an increase of airway pressure. However, associated effects on changes of endotracheal tube cuff pressure are not well established.<h4>Methods</h4>70 patients undergoing elective laparoscopic colorectal tumor resection (head-down position, n = 38) and laparoscopic cholecystecomy (head-up position, n = 32) were enrolled and were compared to 15 patients undergoing elec ...[more]