4. Discussion
postoperative pain, postoperative shoulder pain, pain
RECRUITMENT
In this study, AB use did not provide any additional benefit compared to the use of the pulmonary alveolar recruitment maneuver alone following laparoscopic gynecologic surgeries. A previous study on the efficacy of AB on postoperative pain control showed that the association between time and postoperative shoulder pain differed according to AB status.COVarious interventions have been proposed to ameliorate postoperative shoulder pain. To reduce the remaining CORecently, a study reported that the postoperative Trendelenburg position decreased the frequency and severity of postoperative shoulder pain after gynecologic laparoscopic surgery.Despite the use of ABs, the frequency and severity of postoperative shoulder pain did not decrease in this study. There are possible explanations for this ineffectiveness. First, the increase in abdominal pressure from the AB was insufficient to promote residual COThe impact of using an AB after laparoscopic surgery on pain and recovery remains controversial. A previous study in gynecologic surgery showed that using an AB did not improve postoperative pain or respiratory function