S Ito, N Sato, M Kojika, Y Yaegashi, Y Suzuki, K Suzuki, S Endo
BACKGROUND: The normal systemic inflammatory response to surgical stimuli often makes early diagnosis of postoperative infections difficult. PURPOSE: We investigated whether serum procalcitonin (PCT) levels may be a useful marker of bacterial infections in patients after invasive surgery. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The subjects were 40 patients who had undergone radical surgery for esophageal carcinoma by a right thoracoabdominal approach. Nine patients were diagnosed to have a postoperative infection during the first 7 days after surgery...
January 2005: European Surgical Research. Europäische Chirurgische Forschung. Recherches Chirurgicales Européennes