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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 14, 2011; 17(10): 1308-1316
Published online Mar 14, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i10.1308
Published online Mar 14, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i10.1308
Impact of remote ischemic preconditioning on wound healing in small bowel anastomoses
Philipp Anton Holzner, Birte Kulemann, Simon Kuesters, Jens Hoeppner, Ulrich Theodor Hopt, Goran Marjanovic, Surgical Metabolic and Anastomotic Research Team, Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79106, Germany
Sylvia Timme, Institute of Pathology, Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79106, Germany
Author contributions: Holzner PA, Kulemann B, Kuesters S and Marjanovic G designed the research; Holzner PA and Marjanovic G performed the research; Timme S and colleagues performed the histological examination; Hoeppner J contributed new analytic tools; Holzner PA and Marjanovic G analyzed the data; Hopt UT and Marjanovic G reviewed the paper before submission; Holzner PA wrote the paper.
Supported by Science Fund of the Department for General and Visceral Surgery at the University of Freiburg
Correspondence to: Philipp Anton Holzner, MD, Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79106, Germany. philipp.holzner@uniklinik-freiburg.de
Telephone: +49-761-2702806 Fax: +49-761-2702804
Received: September 2, 2010
Revised: November 17, 2010
Accepted: November 24, 2010
Published online: March 14, 2011
Revised: November 17, 2010
Accepted: November 24, 2010
Published online: March 14, 2011
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