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From: Impact of the body mass index on perioperative immunological disturbances in patients with hip and knee arthroplasty

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Pre- and post-operative comparative analysis of immunological parameters in patients undergoing hip and knee arthroplasty. a The amount of peripheral immune effector cells in the blood samples of 52 patients receiving hip and knee arthroplasty were determined pre- and post-operatively by flow cytometry. While NK cells were statistically significantly reduced after surgery, the T cells were significantly increased. From further analyses of Th cells, CTLs and NKT cells can be concluded that this induction is mainly caused by an increase of Th cells. b The differential expression of several soluble factors was pre- and post-operatively determined in the blood samples of 52 patients by flow cytometry and the usage of the FlowCytomix human obesity 9plex kit (eBioscience) revealing a statistically significant induction in the serum level of CRP, IL-6, sTNF-R, sCD40L, and MPO after surgery

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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

ISSN: 1749-799X