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Minimally invasive versus open Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: effect on immune effector cells.
Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery - 1 Jan 2000
Whitson Bryan A, D'Cunha Jonathan, Hoang Chuong D, Wu Baolin, Ikramuddin Sayeed, Buchwald Henry, Panoskaltsis-Mortari Angela, Kratzke Robert A, Miller Jeffrey S, Maddaus Michael A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has several potential benefits compared with the open approach, including potentially less perioperative immunosuppression. Data characterizing the differential stress responses have been limited to serum cytokine analyses and animal studies. We hypothesized that the open approach to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) has a more deleterious, negative, quantifiable effect...
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