“…Several studies have shown that videolaparoscopy (VLP) has a number of advantages in relation to laparotomy, such as: pain reduction and lower consumption of analgesics in the postoperative period, smaller skin incision, reduced bleeding, smaller need for hospitalization at Intensive Care Units, fewer infectious complications, lower pulmonary dysfunction, shorter hospitalization periods and, from the viewpoint of surgical stress, it shows less trauma, as measured by stress hormones (ACTH and cortisol) 2 .…”