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Cardiorespiratory Changes and Pain Response of Lift Laparoscopy Compared to Capnoperitoneum Laparoscopy in Dogs
Author(s) -
Fransson Boel A.,
Grubb Tamara L.,
Perez Tania E.,
Flores Krystina,
Gay John M.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
veterinary surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1532-950X
pISSN - 0161-3499
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-950x.2014.12198.x
Subject(s) - medicine , laparoscopy , lift (data mining) , surgery , anesthesia , data mining , computer science
Objective To compare intraoperative physiologic variables and post‐operative pain associated with lift laparoscopy and conventional capnoperitoneum laparoscopy. Study Design Prospective randomized case controlled study. Animals Healthy dogs (n = 30). Methods Dogs having laparoscopic ovariohysterectomy were randomly assigned to lift laparoscopy (n = 14) or capnoperitoneum (16) laparoscopy. Physiologic variables measured intraoperatively were documented. Postoperatively, pain response was assessed in a blinded fashion using the short Glasgow pain scale and von Frey filament aesthesiometry. Results Lift laparoscopy was associated with less frequency of hypercapnia, required less anesthetic gas, and was not more time‐consuming or painful than capnoperitoneum laparoscopy. Conclusions Lift laparoscopy is a feasible alternative to capnoperitoneum laparoscopy, especially in dogs where pressurized capnoperitoneum is not desired.