Open AccessIntra-Abdominal Activation of a Local Inflammatory Response Within the Human Muscularis Externa During Laparotomy
Author(s) -
Jörg C. Kalff,
Andreas Türler,
Nicolas T. Schwarz,
Wolfgang H. Schraut,
Kenneth K.W. Lee,
David J. Tweardy,
Timothy R. Billiar,
Richard L. Simmons,
Anthony J. Bauer
Publication year - 2003
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 - 10.1097/01.sla.0000055742.79045.7e
Subject(s) - medicine , nitric oxide synthase , nitric oxide , proinflammatory cytokine , contractility , tumor necrosis factor alpha , inflammation , pathology
To investigate the initiation of a complex inflammatory response within the human intestinal muscularis intraoperatively so as to determine the clinical applicability of the inflammatory hypothesis of postoperative ileus.