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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 21, 2010; 16(15): 1871-1878
Published online Apr 21, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i15.1871
Ischemic preconditioning-induced hyperperfusion correlates with hepatoprotection after liver resection
Oleg Heizmann, Georgios Meimarakis, Andreas Volk, Daniel Matz, Daniel Oertli, Rolf J Schauer
Oleg Heizmann, Daniel Matz, Daniel Oertli, Department of Surgery, University Hospital Basel, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland
Oleg Heizmann, Georgios Meimarakis, Andreas Volk, Rolf J Schauer, Department of Surgery, Klinikum of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University-Grosshadern, University of Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany
Andreas Volk, Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Dresden, 01304 Dresden, Germany
Rolf J Schauer, Department of Surgery, Academic Hospital of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, 83278 Traunstein, Germany
Author contributions: Heizmann O designed the study and supervised the data collection; Volk A collected all the data during surgery; Meimarakis G and Matz D analyzed all the data; Schauer RJ wrote the manuscript, provided financial support for this work and performed liver resections; Oertli D approved the final manuscript.
Supported by The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, No. DFG SCHA 857/1-1
Correspondence to: Oleg Heizmann, MD, Department of Surgery, University Hospital Basel, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland. oheizmann@uhbs.ch
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Received: December 25, 2009
Revised: January 21, 2010
Accepted: January 28, 2010
Published online: April 21, 2010
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