Neuroendocrine Stress Response in Patients Undergoing Benign Ovarian Cyst Surgery by Laparoscopy, Minilaparotomy, and Laparotomy

A multicentre, randomised, open-label, controlled trial evaluating equivalence of inhalational and intravenous anaesthesia during elective craniotomy

“…21,22 The magnitude of the stress response has been shown previously to be proportional to the severity of injury, the duration of surgery, blood loss and postoperative pain. [23][24][25] Although anaesthetic strategy may influence perioperative stress responses, 23,26-28 limited information is available on the neuroendocrine stress response during craniotomy except that propofol has been shown to attenuate the surgical stress-induced immune response better than isoflurane. 29 In the current study, intraoperative stress biomarkers were significantly elevated compared with preoperative values.…”

Neuroendocrine stress response in gynecological laparoscopy: TIVA with propofol versus sevoflurane anesthesia

“…The hypothalamus receives afferent neural and humoral signals from the injured area and integrates this input to provide an adequate response, which includes pituitary and sympathetic stimulation [1]. The magnitude of this stress response depends on a variety of factors such as severity [2] and duration of surgical trauma [3,4], patient age [5], intraoperative blood loss [6], postoperative pain [7], anesthetic method [8], and surgical technique [9].…”

Laparoscopy versus minilaparotomy in women with symptomatic uterine myomas: short-term and fertility results

“…A recent study reported that minilaparotomy represents a true minimally invasive surgical approach that can be used safely in the management of benign and neoplastic gynecologic disease (6)(7)(8)(9).…”