Journal article
EFFECT OF WARMED, HUMIDIFIED INSUFFLATION GAS AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS ON CYTOKINE RESPONSE TO LAPAROSCOPIC NEPHRECTOMY
Abstract
PURPOSE: We evaluated the effects of warmed, humidified CO2 and anti-inflammatory agents on the local and systemic cytokine response after laparoscopic nephrectomy.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 15 pigs were randomized to undergo standard laparoscopic nephrectomy, laparoscopic nephrectomy with warmed, humidified CO2 gas or laparoscopic nephrectomy with perioperative administration of intravenous dexamethasone and oral rofecoxib. At …
Authors
MARGULIS V; MATSUMOTO ED; TUNC L; TAYLOR G; DUCHENNE D; CADEDDU JA
Journal
Journal of Urology, Vol. 174, No. 4, Part 1 of 2, pp. 1452–1456
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
October 2005
DOI
10.1097/01.ju.0000173011.81396.12
ISSN
0021-0005