Journal article
Interleukin-6 as a marker for surgical trauma in total knee arthroplasty
Abstract
Background While serum interleukin-6 (IL-6) clearly has been established as a marker of physiologic stress, the validity of IL-6 as a reliable measure of the degree of trauma or stress suffered by an individual with total knee replacement (TKA) remains in question. We hypothesized that if serum IL-6 is a marker of surgical stress, then we would observe marked increases in IL-6 levels in sequential bilateral TKA as compared with unilateral TKA. …
Authors
Winemaker M; Petruccelli D; Shaughnessy S; Butcher M; Piccirillo L; Weening B; de Beer J
Journal
Current Orthopaedic Practice, Vol. 22, No. 6, pp. 538–544
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
November 2011
DOI
10.1097/bco.0b013e318232d046
ISSN
1940-7041