Pneumoperitoneum in the cancer patient:
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Frederick L. Greene
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Article
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1998
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The use of pneumoperitoneum to create a working environment for laparoscopic surgery may have both beneficial and detrimental effects in cancer patients. Studies suggest that immune mechanisms are protected when laparoscopic procedures are used and this does not seem to be compromised by the use of