The international surgical journal with global reach

This is the Scientific Surgery Archive, which contains all randomized clinical trials in surgery that have been identified by searching the top 50 English language medical journal issues since January 1998. Compiled by Jonothan J. Earnshaw, former Editor-in-Chief, BJS

Warming and humidification of insufflation carbon dioxide in laparoscopic colonic surgery: a double blinded randomized controlled trial. Ann Surg 2010; 251: 1024-1033.

Published: 29th October 2010

Authors: Sammour T, Kahokehr A, Hayes J, Hulme-Moir M, Hill A.

Conclusion

The trial included 82 procedures. Warming the carbon dioxide had no effect on clinical parameters or plasma cytokine concentrations, but it did reduce the rate of camera fogging.

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