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The Effect of Anaesthesia and Surgery on Sex Hormones

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Endocrinology in Anaesthesia and Surgery

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We have reported that anaesthetics influence the human hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis [11–17, 20–23, 26, 28], and emphasized its different responses between anaesthetics and between man and woman. Further, we have recently found that estradiol appears to play an important role in regulating the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis during anaesthesia and surgery [17].

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  1. Institut für Anaesthesiologie der Universität Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Straße 25, D-5300, Bonn-Venusberg, Germany

    Horst Stoeckel  & Guido Hack  & 

  2. Dept. of Anaesthesiology, University of Hirosaki, Japan

    Tsutomu Oyama

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Maeda, A., Ishihara, H., Oyama, T. (1980). The Effect of Anaesthesia and Surgery on Sex Hormones. In: Stoeckel, H., Oyama, T., Hack, G. (eds) Endocrinology in Anaesthesia and Surgery. Anaesthesiologie und Intensivmedizin / Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, vol 132. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67745-8_13

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