Aim: to evaluate the correlations between the frequency of the infectious complications of abdominal surgery and the level of immune response to the surgery. Material and methods. The study has been conducted on 53 patients, who were undergone to pancreaticoduodenal resection with lymphadenectomy. Concentrations of interleukin-4 (IL-4) and interleukin-8 (IL-8) in blood serum were studied. Results. The concentrations of IL-8 were higher in patients with complications compared to those without complications. No statistically significant differences in the concentrations of IL-4 were revealed between the studied groups of patients. Conclusion. Concentrations of pro-and anti-inflammatory cytokines can be used to assess the risk of postoperative complications.
Korsakov I.N., Voskanyan S.E., Naydenov E.V., Timashkov D.A., Chervov A.Yu., Volkov A.A., Bolshakov M.S. Correlation between the frequency of the infectious complications of abdominal surgery and the level of immune response to the surgical trauma // Saratov Journal of Medical Scientific Research, Vol. 9, Issue 4, 2013, pp. 954-957