Stress hormone response to instrumented elective lumbar spine fusion surgery.
Jussi Petteri RepoMarko H NevaKeijo HäkkinenLiisa PekkanenSaara MetsoArja H HäkkinenPublished in: Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong) (2023)
There were only short-term stress hormonal changes after elective lumbar spine fusion surgery. Cortisol changes after elective lumbar spine surgery are transient and might be partly cytokine induced and non-ACTH driven since there was association between cortisol and IL-6 but not with ACTH and IL-6.