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Transient Effects of Anesthesia on Leukocyte Apoptosis and Monocyte Cytokine Stimulation: A Clinical Study.
Immunological investigations - 1 May 2018
Matsota Paraskevi, Kostopanagiotou Georgia, Kalimeris Konstantinos, Pandazi Ageliki, Kotsaki Antigone, Kontogiannopoulou Styliani, Giamarellos-Bourboulis Evangelos J
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The effects of anesthetics on immune cell apoptosis and cytokine stimulation were studied in a prospective study. American Society of Anesthesiologists I/II patients underwent elective inguinal hernia repair or varicose veins stripping surgery and were randomized to either epidural anesthesia (n = 14) or general anesthesia with sevoflurane (n = 19) or propofol (n = 15). Blood was sampled before anesthesia...
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