TURKISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY, vol.34, no.4, pp.282-285, 2018 (ESCI)
Objective: Hyperthermic preconditioning has been shown to protect against different insults in experimental studies. However, clinical studies assessing its effects remain limited, The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of hyperthermic preconditioning on the rate of surgical site infection and inflammatory reaction in patients undergoing elective colorectal cancer surgery.