Differences in the leukocyte response to incision during upper abdominal surgery with epidural versus general anesthesia

Journal of Nippon Medical School

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 4-9

  Kim, Chol ^a   Sakamoto, Atsuhiro ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

General anesthesia; Leukocyte; Preemptive epidural analgesia; Surgical stress; Upper abdominal surgery

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; ISOFLURANE; MEPIVACAINE; MORPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INCISION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PAIN; PERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN INCISION; STIMULATION; SURGICAL STRESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMEN; AGED; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33644691780     PISSN: 13454676     EISSN: 13473409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.73.4     Document Type: Article

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