For LC for patients with an ASA 3 and 4 risk for anesthesia, no significant adverse effects could be attributed to CO(2 )pneumoperitoneum. For high-risk patients, preoperative preparation and active perioperative monitoring are essential for safe anesthesia for LC with or without CO(2)PP.

Oral premedication with CR oxycodone did not improve management of postoperative pain after day-case gynaecological laparoscopic surgery.

In patients undergoing gynaecological laparoscopic day-case surgery, RE seems not to be more sensitive than SE in guiding the use of opioids during general anaesthesia.