Yongzhou Huang, Lei Yang, Wenchang Yang, Pei Zhou, Qi Jiang, Weizhen Liu, Yuping Yin, Xiangyu Zeng, Peng Zhang, Kaixiong Tao
BACKGROUND: To investigate the role of C-reactive protein (CRP), procalcitonin (PCT), and interleukin-6 (IL-6) as early predictors of infectious complications after laparoscopic gastric cancer surgery. METHODS: Patients who underwent laparoscopic gastric cancer surgery between January 2020 and June 2022 were retrospectively enrolled. IL-6, PCT, and CRP levels were assessed before surgery and on postoperative days (PODs) 3 and 5. Differences in serum IL-6, PCT, and CRP levels between the infected and non-infected groups were compared...
March 19, 2024: BMC Surgery