A Case of Acute Post-Laparoscopy Bowel Hypermotility and Treatment with Hyoscine Butylbromide

Abstract

Post-laparoscopic pain is multi-factorial and many modes of perioperative analgesia have been proposed. We present the case of a patient who experienced severe abdominal pain following gynaecologic laparoscopy. Repeat laparoscopy revealed small bowel hypermotiliy which was successfully treated with intravenous (i.v.) hyoscine butylbromide. Neostigmine, a widely used muscle relaxant reversal agent, is known to increase small bowel motility. Intravenous hyoscine butylbromide is a rapid treatment of neostigmine-induced small bowel hypermotility post-laparoscopy.