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Abdominal surgery itself, and implants used in abdominal wall reconstruction, are associated with intra-abdominal inflammation that can go on to cause complications such as adhesions, fistulae or failure of the implant. The pathophysiology of these complications is not fully und…

A growing body of evidence suggests that the potential exists to reduce morbidity and high mortality rates associated with major surgery in high-risk patients. Dopexamine is a dopamine analogue with agonist activity at β2-adrenoceptors and dopaminergic receptors that has been us…