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PURPOSE: To objectively evaluate the benefits of laparoscopic procedures for colorectal carcinoma, a prospective study to measure the stress response to laparoscopic surgery (n=15) compared with open surgery (n=12) was undertaken. In addition, to compare the various parameters relevant to surgical stress, the major surgery group (transthoracic esophagectomy for esophageal carcinoma, n=4; and left upper abdominal evisceration for gastric carcinoma, n=3) was assigned. METHODS: Peripheral blood samples were obtained to measure serum interleukin-6, C-reactive protein, peripheral leukocytes, and lymphocyte counts. Additionally, the level of lymphocyte apoptosis was quantified using flow cytometry. RESULTS: The interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein levels were significantly greater in the open group than in the laparoscopy group one day (P<0.05) and two days (P<0.05) after surgery, respectively. In the laparoscopy group, lymphocyte counts were significantly higher than in the open group two days after surgery. The laparoscopy and open groups did not differ significantly in their lymphocyte apoptotic index. In the major surgery group, the apoptotic index was significantly higher than in either the laparoscopy group or the open group in the early postoperative period. CONCLUSION: Changes in the various parameters pertinent to surgical stress evaluated in this study suggest that laparoscopic surgery for colorectal carcinoma leads to less postoperative stress than conventional open surgery.
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Nishiguchi, K., Okuda, J., Toyoda, M. et al. Comparative evaluation of surgical stress of laparoscopic and open surgeries for colorectal carcinoma. Dis Colon Rectum 44, 223–230 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02234297
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