Effect of growth hormone on colonic anastomosis after intraperitoneal administration of 5-fluorouracil, bleomycin and cisplatin: An experimental study
Intraperitoneal administration of chemotherapy has an adverse effect on the healing process of colonic anastomosis. However, GH can inhibit the deleterious effect of administered chemotherapy agents and induce colonic healing in rats.
Authors
- Savvas Symeonidis
- Dimitris Tatsis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2508-0396)
- Efstathios Kotidis
- Orestis Ioannidis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0861-8783)
- Stefanos Bitsianis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8281-1189)
- Freideriki Sifaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5835-0797)
- Manousos-Georgios Pramateftakis
- Vasiliki Bisbinas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1548-0505)
- Ioannis Mantzoros
- Stamatios Angelopoulos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5128-0394)
- Εlissavet Anestiadou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5650-7319)
- Konstantinos Angelopoulos
- Ioannis Lambrou
- Ourania Kerasidou
- Barbara Driagka
- H. Demetriades
Institutions
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GR)
- Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
- Published
- 2024-08-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4240/wjgs.v16.i8.2679
- Primary Topic
- Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- European Commission