Diaphragm Movement Before and After Cholecystectomy: A Sonographic Study
- 1 March 2001
- journal article
- editorial material
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Anesthesia & Analgesia
- Vol. 92 (3), 755-761
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00000539-200103000-00038
Abstract
Respiratory disorders after abdominal surgery are commonly explained by changes in diaphragmatic movement that are difficult to demonstrate and quantify. Our aim was thus to quantify these changes using a noninvasive method. We used M-mode sonography for the prospective study to measure diaphragmatic amplitude in 14 patients before and after cholecystectomy. During quiet breathing, the diaphragm inspiratory amplitude (DIA) was significantly decreased after surgery from 1.4 ± 0.2 cm to 1 ± 0.1 cm and from 1.6 ± 0.3 cm to 1.2 ± 0.3 cm in the Laparoscopic and Open Cholecystectomy groups, respectively. The total time cycle of diaphragmatic motion decreased significantly in the two groups. The DIA also decreased significantly during deep breathing after cholecystectomy from 6.0 ± 0.8 cm to 3.0 ± 1.8 cm and from 6.1 ± 1.3 cm to 3.1 ± 1.6 cm in the Laparoscopic and Open Cholecystectomy groups, respectively. The six patients who underwent spirometric examination showed, during quiet breathing, a significant decrease in DIA without change in tidal volume, i.e., 0.51 ± 0.08 L to 0.45 ± 0.08 L. We found a significant decrease in DIA after cholecystectomy and a significant interindividual correlation between DIA during deep inspiration and inspiratory capacity. Using M-mode sonography techniques, we were able to demonstrate changes in diaphragmatic mobility after laparoscopic or open cholecystectomy.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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