Total knee replacement induces peripheral blood lymphocytes apoptosis and it is not prevented by regional anesthesia – a randomized study
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 leading to po...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2016-03-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0104001414001808 |