Fig. 2
From: The neglected role of abdominal compliance in organ-organ interactions
Accommodation of the abdominal cavity. Schematic representation of different phases during increasing intraabdominal volume (IAV) in two patients undergoing laparoscopy (CO2‐insufflation). Shaded areas represent the reshaping phase (light blue – A and A’), the stretching phase (medium blue – B and B’) and the pressurization phase (dark blue – C and C’). The apostrophe (’) indicates the patient with good abdominal compliance. In the patient with poor compliance, the reshaping phase went from an IAV of 0 to 2.8 l (vs 0 to 3.8 l when compliance was normal), the stretching phase from IAV of 2.8 to 5.6 l (vs 3.8 to 7.2 l) and the pressurization phase from > 5.6 l vs 7.2 l in the patient with normal compliance. Adapted from [2] with permission