The purpose of this international multicenter, patient and outcome-assessor blinded randomized controlled trial is to determine whether the application of an individualized high Positive End Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) strategy with recruitment maneuvers, aiming at avoiding an increase in the driving pressure during intraoperative ventilation, protects against the development of postoperative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing minimally invasive abdominal surgery.
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Proportion of participants developing one or more postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs)
Timeframe: The first 5 postoperative days