Systemic stress responses after laparoscopic or open hernia repair

UZUNKOY A., COSKUN A., AKINCI O., Kocyigit A.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY, vol.166, no.6, pp.467-471, 2000 (Journal Indexed in SCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 166 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2000
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/110241500750008781
  • Title of Journal : EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY
  • Page Numbers: pp.467-471
  • Keywords: hernia, laparosopic surgery, open surgery, glucose, cortisol, malonyldialdehyde, CRP, creatine phosphokinase, albumin, leukocyte, INFLAMMATORY RESPONSES, TRANSABDOMINAL PREPERITONEAL, OPEN CHOLECYSTECTOMY, METABOLIC RESPONSES, RANDOMIZED TRIAL, INTERLEUKIN-6, HERNIORRHAPHY, SURGERY

Abstract

Objective: To compare systemic stress responses after laparoscopic and open hernia repair to find out if the laparoscopic approach caused less stress than an open operation.