Heated and Humidified Insufflation During Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Surgery: Effect on Temperature, Postoperative Pain, and Recovery Outcomes

Abstract

The Insuflow device modestly reduced shivering and heat loss, as well as the need for opioid analgesics in the early postoperative period. However, it failed to improve laparoscopic visualization due to fogging, and provided improvement in the quality of recovery only on postoperative day 2.