About the Authors

Eric Noll

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Service d’Anesthésie Réanimation Chirurgicale, Hôpitaux Universitaires, Strasbourg, France

Sophie Diemunsch

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Service d’Anesthésie Réanimation Chirurgicale, Hôpitaux Universitaires, Strasbourg, France

Julien Pottecher

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Service d’Anesthésie Réanimation Chirurgicale, Hôpitaux Universitaires, Strasbourg, France

Jean-Pierre Rameaux

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Service d’Anesthésie Réanimation Chirurgicale, Hôpitaux Universitaires, Strasbourg, France

Michele Diana

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

Eric Sauleau

Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Département de Bio statistique, CHU Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

Kurt Ruetzler

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Outcomes Research, Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, United States of America

Pierre Diemunsch

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

pierre.diemunsch@chru-strasbourg.fr

Affiliation Service d’Anesthésie Réanimation Chirurgicale, Hôpitaux Universitaires, Strasbourg, France

Competing Interests

Laparoscopic Humigard insufflators were provided for free by Fisher & Paykel HealthCare. Pierre Diemunsch reported his participation in a research meeting sponsored by Fisher & Paykel in 2013. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.