Systemic Inflammatory Cytokines Predict the Infectious Complications but Not Prolonged Postoperative Ileus after Colorectal Surgery.

G S A BoersemaZhouqiao WuA G MenonG J KleinrensinkJ JeekelJ F Lange

Published in: Mediators of inflammation (2018)

Blood levels of inflammatory cytokines cannot predict PPOI after colorectal surgery. Instead, postoperative IL-6 changes may predict the infectious complications with a better diagnostic value than the current leukocytes or CRP tests.

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patients undergoing
risk factors
peripheral blood