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and severe hypercarbia exerts a negative ionotropic effect on the heart and reduces left ventricular function. 2,3 The extent of hemodynamic changes associated with the creation of pneumoperitoneum depends on the intra￾abdominal pressure attained, volume of carbon-dioxide absorbed, and patient’s intravascular volume. Frequent complications associated with pneumoperitoneum includes subcutaneous or mediastinal emphysema, pneumothorax, hypoxemia, hypotension carbon dioxide embolism cardiovascular collapse, and cardiac arrhythmias. 4 There are studies, which have concluded that these adverse effects can be minimized by use of low pressure for pneumoperitoneum instead of the standard or high-pressure pneumoperitoneum. 5,6 In our study, we attempted

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