J Minim Invasive Surg.
2020 Mar;23(1):3-4. 10.7602/jmis.2020.23.1.3.
Postoperative Shoulder Pain after Laparoscopic Surgery
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- 1Department of Surgery, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- KMID: 2502933
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.7602/jmis.2020.23.1.3
Abstract
- We often encounter patients complaining of shoulder pain after laparoscopic surgery. The pain mechanism is believed to be due to the diaphragmatic overstretching under pressure in a pneumoperitoneum, which causes referred pain to the shoulder, but the exact mechanism has not been clarified.
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