Table 3

Preoperative endocrine parameters (24-hour hormones in urine)

Hormones
Laparoscopic
Open
P-value

surgery
surgery
value

N = 7
N = 9


Noradrenalin (nmol)
2000 (444–3819)
1922 (579–7492)
ns
Adrenalin (nmol)
440 (75–870)
570 (180–1795)
ns
Vanillylmandelic
86 (22–121)
72 (30–100)
ns
acid (μmol)




Values expressed as median (range) ns – not significant.

Edwin et al. BMC Surgery 2001 1:2   doi:10.1186/1471-2482-1-2