European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery
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Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg · May 1998
Comparative StudyPostoperative fever, bowel ischaemia and cytokine response to abdominal aortic aneurysm repair--a comparison between endovascular and open surgery.
To study bowel ischaemia in transfemorally placed endoluminal grafting (TPEG) for abdominal aortic aneurysms, and any relation to cytokine response or postoperative fever. ⋯ The less pronounced perioperative bowel ischaemia in TPEG patients indicates an advantage of the TPEG technique. Splanchnic ischaemia was not related to postoperative fever, nor the IL-6 or TNF response.