Epidural anaesthesia restores pancreatic microcirculation and decreases the severity of acute pancreatitis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 915-920

  Demirag, Alp ^a   Pastor, Catherine M ^a   Morel, Philippe ^a   Jean Christophe, Copin ^a   Sielenkämper, Andreas W ^b   Güvener, Nilgun ^a   Mai, Gang ^a,c   Berney, Thierry ^a   Frossard, Jean Louis ^a   Bühler, Leo H ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b University Hospital of Geneva ^*  (Germany)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Epidural anaesthesia; Microcirculation; Pancreatic blood flow; Taurocholic acid

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; TAUROCHOLIC ACID;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HISTOLOGY; INJECTION; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS BLOOD FLOW; PANCREAS NECROSIS; RAT;

EID: 33645047896     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i6.915     Document Type: Article

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