Open AccessRandomized Study of the Benefits of Preoperative Corticosteroid Administration on the Postoperative Morbidity and Cytokine Response in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Esophageal Cancer
Author(s) -
Nobuhiro Sato,
Keisuke Koeda,
Kenichiro Ikeda,
Yusuke Kimura,
Katsumi Aoki,
Takeshi Iwaya,
Yuji Akiyama,
Kaoru Ishida,
Kazuyoshi Saito,
Shunsuke Endo
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-200208000-00006
Subject(s) - medicine , surgical stress , esophageal cancer , corticosteroid , surgery , methylprednisolone , placebo , randomized controlled trial , anesthesia , clinical endpoint , complication , cancer , alternative medicine , pathology
To investigate whether preoperative corticosteroid administration plays a role in attenuating postoperative morbidity.