Background CO 2 pneumoperitoneum provides a new surgical environment to treat
malignant disease. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of CO 2 …

Background Experimental and clinical studies, have suggested that the CO 2
pneumoperitoneum influences the development of intraabdominal tumor dissemination and …

Background. Port-site recurrences have often been reported after laparoscopic surgery for
malignant disease, and the pathogenesis is unknown. Whether different gases used to …

Aim of the study: To compare intraperitoneal tumor growth after CO2 laparoscopy (L),
gasless laparoscopy (GL), midline laparotomy (ML), and general anesthesia (GA) as a …

Background Laparoscopic surgery for patients with cancer has been debated because of the
susceptibility that laparoscopic incisions have shown for metastatic tumor growth. Structural …

Laparoscopic surgery for malignant disease is highly controversial mainly due to the large
number of abdominal wall metastases being reported. Previous experimental studies have …

Background The effect of carbon dioxide (CO 2) pneumoperitoneum on the liberation of
cancer cells from the primary tumor is not clear. This study investigated the influence of …

Background: In order to investigate the effect of carbon dioxide (CO 2) pneumoperitoneum
on solid colon carcinomas, we used a colon anastomosis tumor model in 30 male syngeneic …

Background: Several studies have indicated that the carbon dioxide (CO 2)
pneumoperitoneum during laparoscopy plays a role in the pathogenesis of port-site …

Background: Little is known about the role of the CO 2 pneumoperitoneum on tumor cells
that spread from the portal system into the liver during laparoscopic surgery for …