Increased lipid peroxidation is believed to stimulate liver metastasis in pancreatic cancer. However, the effect of the laparoscopic biopsy of pancreatic lymph nodes on liver metastasis is still unknown. We hypothesized that the effects of a pneumoperitoneum with carbon dioxide (CO2) increase lipid peroxidation and stimulate liver metastasis.
The impact of laparoscopic biopsy of pancreatic lymph nodes on lipid peroxidation using helium and carbon dioxide in BOP-induced pancreatic cancer in hamsters.
Department of General, Visceral, Vascular, and Thoracic Surgery, Humboldt University of Berlin, Charité Campus Mitte, Schumannstrasse 20/21, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
