[Comparison of intraoperative complications between laparoscopic cholecystectomy by intraperitoneal insufflation and...

We compared intraoperative circulatory and respiratory complications and changes in body temperature during laparoscopic cholecystectomy by intraperitoneal insufflation of carbon dioxide gas (24 cases) with those by abdominal wall lifting (16 cases). The abdominal wall lifting method tended to produce fewer complications than the intraperitoneal insufflation method, but not significantly. In conclusion, the former was thought to be safer than the latter.