Influence of obesity on intra-abdominal pressure of patients undergoing retroperitoneal laparoscopic surgery
WANG Zhe1 LYU Jieping2
1.Department of Anesthesiology, Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi Province, Taiyuan 030001, China;
2.Department of Anesthesiology, the First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi Province, Taiyuan 030001, China
Abstract:Objective To analyze the influence of obesity on intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) of patients undergoing retroperitoneal laparoscopic surgery. Methods From October 2018 to July 2019, patients who underwent retroperitoneal partial nephrectomy at the First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University were divided into obese group and normal group according to their body mass index (BMI) level, with 30 cases in each group. The patients in both groups were maintained by retroperitoneal approach and total intravenous anesthesia. The IAP levels of supine position after anesthesia (T), the anterior and lateral position of the pneumoperitoneum (T0), 30 min after the pneumoperitoneum (T1), 60 min after the pneumoperitoneum (T2), 90 min after the pneumoperitoneum (T3), and the end of the pneumoperitoneum after 10 min (T4) were measured. The mean arterial pressure (MAP), airway pressure (Peak), oxygenation index (PaO2/FiO2), radial artery blood pH value and radial artery blood lactic acid value (Lac) at T, T0, T1, T2, T3, and T4 were recorded respectively. Results There were statistically significant differences of IAP levels in time, between groups and the interaction between the two groups (P < 0.05). Among them, T0 time point was higher than T time point, T1-T3 time points were higher than T0 time point, T4 time point was lower than T1-T3 time points; IAP levels of obesity group was higher than that of normal group at each time point, and the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05). The difference between the two groups of MAP levels were statistically significant (P < 0.05). The differences in time, inter-group and interaction of Peak, PaO2/FiO2, blood pH, blood Lac between the two groups were statistically significant (P < 0.05). Among them, the Peak levels of the obesity group was higher than that of the normal group at each time point, while the T1-T3 time points of the two groups were higher than the T0 and T4 time points, and the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05); PaO2/FiO2 of obesity group at the T3 and T4 time points were lower than that of normal group, while T1-T4 time points were lower than T0, T3 and T4 time points were lower than T1 time point, T4 time point was lower than T2 time point, while T2-T4 time points of normal group were lower than T0 and T3 time points, T4 time point was lower than T1 time point, while T4 time point was lower than T2 time point, and the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05); the blood pH at T3 and T4 points in the obese group were lower than the normal group, while T2-T4 time points were lower than T0 time points, T3 and T4 time points were lower than T1 and T2 time points, while T2 and T3 time points of normal group were lower than T0 time point, T3 time point was lower than T1 time point, and the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05); the levels of blood Lac at T3 and T4 time points of obesity group were higher than those of control group, while the two groups at T2-T4 time points were higher than T0 time point, T3 and T4 time points were higher than T1 time point, while T4 time point was higher than T2 time point, and the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05). Conclusion Obese patients will further increase the IAP during retroperitoneal laparoscopic surgery, even exceeding the set pressure of the pneumoperitoneum, and are more likely to have increased airway pressure, decreased oxygenation index, and acid-base imbalance. For obese patients, IAP can not be simply equated with pneumoperitoneal pressure. Intraoperative monitoring should be strengthened, and IAP can be monitored if necessary.