A prospective double-blinded randomized controlled trial comparing systemic stress response in Laparoascopic cholecystectomy between low-pressure and standard-pressure pneumoperitoneum

•Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become the gold-standard treatment for gallstone diseases.•Intra-operative IV volume administration and urine output did not affected by intra-abdominal pressure of pneumoperitoneum.•Systemic stress response did not affected by intra-abdominal pressure of pneumoperitoneum.

IntroductionLaparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) has become the gold-standard treatment for gallstone diseases. However, despite huge reduction in operative injury, systemic stress response remains high. This randomized controlled trial (RCT) aimed to compare systemic stress response between 2 different techniques of CO2 pneumoperitoneum.MethodsTrough a prospective, double-blinded RCT, serum levels of cortisol, adrenaline, glucose, and C-reactive protein (CRP) were compared between the two groups consisted of 50 patients undergoing LC under low-pressure and standard-pressure CO2 pneimoperitoneum.ResultsA total of fifty patients undergoing LC were equally assigned to 2 groups of twenty five patients. Average age was 48 ± 13.8 years (range, 19–74 years). Operative time was similar between standard-pressure group (47.8 ± 16.8 min) and low-pressure group (53.6 ± 25.1). Moreover, intra-operative IV volume administration and urine output did not differ significantly between the 2 groups (p > 0.05). Although the average heart rate and mean arterial pressure were slightly higher in a standard-pressure group compared with a low-pressure group, serial measurements of these parameters were statistically similar between the 2 groups. Serial changes of serum levels of cortisol, glucose, adrenaline, and CRP were compared between surgery day, postoperative 6-h and 1st postoperative day, which did not differ significantly between the standard-pressure and the low-pressure groups (p > 0.05).ConclusionOur study did not reveal any alteration in systemic stress response with reduction in intra-abdominal pressure of pneumoperitoneum in LC.RCT Registrationirct.ir ID: IRCT201110072982N5.