UTILIZATION OF GAS HEATER HUMIDIFIER IN THE COURSE OF COELIOSCOPIES

The increasing utilization of coelioscopic interventions has needed th e use of a larger number of trocars, which involves in some cases (esp ecially at the beginning of personal experience) longer operations. In our clinical experience we have met hypothermies that compelled us to modify our way of working. The use of conventional means (like warmin g cushion, warming of irrigation fluids) could limit the temperature l oss only moderately. So we imagined to warm and moisten the gases insu fflated into the peritoneal cavity. We give a description of the acces sories and the results with some patients.