100
Participants
Start Date
March 31, 2006
Primary Completion Date
January 31, 2010
Study Completion Date
January 31, 2010
pentoxyfilline
The total dose of 1 mg/kg/h will be used. At the preoperative day half of the daily dose will be given as a 4-hour short-term infusion within 24 hours before surgery. Afterwards, a continuous intravenous infusion of PTX 1 mg/kg of body weight per hour will be started intra-operatively and will be continued for a total of 72 hours after surgery.
Placebo
This group will be treated with saline solution at the same time points. The infusion volume and infusion rate of saline solution correspond to that of the PTF group.
University Hospital Zurich, Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Zurich
University of Zurich
OTHER