Federico Sista, Mario Schietroma, Francesco Carlei, Emanuela Marina Cecilia, Federica Piccione, Giuseppe De Santis, Laura Lancione, Daniela Iannucci, Antonio Giuliani, Gianfranco Amicucci, Sergio Leardi
AIM: This study want to examine (a) whether neutrophils, the neutrophil-elastase, C-reactive protein and the Interleukin- 6 are modified and how, in patients after laparoscopic cholecystectomy open cholecystectomy; (b) whether these findings are indicative of an increased risk to develop infectious complications. MATERIALS OF STUDY: Circulating Interleukin-6 level, C-reactive protein and neutrophil-elastase were measured in 71 patients (35 underwent open cholecystectomy and 36 laparoscopic cholecystectomy)...
March 2013: Annali Italiani di Chirurgia