"Recruitment manoeuvre" which has been defined and become popular in the recent years is nowadays widely accepted and applied. The positive effects of the recruitment manoeuvre during and after surgery on respiratory mechanics and oxygenation have been reported. The duration and the applied pressure values of recruitment manoeuvre have been defined well and in detail regarding the definitions for this manoeuvre (1-3). Despite these definitions, no detailed information has been provided on the effects of the oxygen and oxygen concentration during recruitment manoeuvre .