ANZ JOURNAL OF SURGERY, cilt.76, sa.10, ss.904-906, 2006 (SCI-Expanded)
Background: The effect of pneumoperitoneum on veins of the lower limbs related to the intra-abdominal working pressures during laparoscopic cholecystectomy has not been thoroughly investigated. We tested the hypothesis that working pressures do not affect the venous haemodynamics in the lower limbs.