The Influence of Carbon Dioxide Pneumoperitoneum on Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome and Bacterial Translocation in Patients With Bacterial Peritonitis Caused by Acute Appendicitis.

CONCLUSION: It was found that CDP is safe for BP and could be a potential protective factor to mitigate BP effectively, indicating that the performance of laparoscopy operation under CDP is feasible to control SIRS; at the same time, CDP would not raise the incidence rate of BT.
PMID: 29099329 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Surgical Innovation - November 1, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Peng H, Zhang J, Cai C, Fang X, Wu J Tags: Surg Innov Source Type: research