Total knee replacement induces peripheral blood lymphocytes apoptosis and it is not prevented by regional anesthesia - a randomized study

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Among the many changes caused by a surgical insult one of the least studied is postoperative immunosuppression. This phenomenon is an important cause of infectious complications of surgery such as surgical site infection or hospital acquired pneumonia. One of the mechanisms le...

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Main Authors: Juliusz Kosel, Malgorzata Rusak, Lukasz Golembiewski, Milena Dabrowska, Andrzej Siemiatkowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Anestesiologia 2016-04-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Anestesiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-70942016000200133&lng=en&tlng=en