Inflammatory Profile of Awake Function-Controlled Craniotomy and Craniotomy under General Anesthesia

• Main Authors: Markus Klimek (Author), Jaap W. Hol (Author), Stephan Wens (Author), Claudia Heijmans-Antonissen (Author), Sjoerd Niehof (Author), Arnaud J. Vincent (Author), Jan Klein (Author), Freek J. Zijlstra (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background. Surgical stress triggers an inflammatory response and releases mediators into human plasma such as interleukins (ILs). Awake craniotomy and craniotomy performed under general anesthesia may be associated with different levels of stress. Our aim was to investigate whether those procedures...