2005
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.140.7.692
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Immunological Effects of Laparoscopic vs Open Colorectal Surgery

Abstract: Hypothesis: Laparoscopy has become a popular approach for the surgical treatment of benign and even malignant colorectal diseases. Several authors have reported better preserved immunity in patients undergoing laparoscopic compared with conventional colorectal surgery. The present study addresses the hypothesis that specific and nonspecific immunity are differently affected by laparoscopic and conventional colorectal surgery. Design: Nonrandomized control trial. Setting: University hospital. Patients: Seventy … Show more

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“…Lacy and colleagues suggest that effector cells of nonspecific immune response, that is, natural-killer cells, which are thought to be crucial in tumor cell immunosurveillance, are suppressed to a greater extent in the early postoperative period following open colectomy compared with laparoscopy assisted colectomy [20][21][22] .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Lacy and colleagues suggest that effector cells of nonspecific immune response, that is, natural-killer cells, which are thought to be crucial in tumor cell immunosurveillance, are suppressed to a greater extent in the early postoperative period following open colectomy compared with laparoscopy assisted colectomy [20][21][22] .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The evolution of new minimally invasive approaches, such as Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) and Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS), allows to perform the surgery by bringing the surgical instruments and endoscope to the surgical site through few or only one small incision, improving the physiological and immuno responses with respect to open surgery [6], and reducing the trauma, without compromising the surgical quality [27,31].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The more severe the surgical stress is, the suppression of the NK cell activity should become hypothetically larger. However, postoperative suppression of NK cell activity have not been uniformly smaller in laparoscopic surgery in previous reports 24) 25) .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 79%