Journal article
Injury Measurement Properties of Serum Interleukin-6 Following Lumbar Decompression Surgery
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Circulating interleukin-6 (IL-6) is frequently used to study surgical injury and inflammation. Measurement properties of serum IL-6 were examined following lumbar decompression surgery (LDS), including time course, sensitivity, and validity for detecting muscle trauma in comparison to the muscle cytoplasmic protein creatine kinase (CK).
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Seven women and seven men had serial blood samples taken in the …
Authors
Kumbhare D; Parkinson W; Dunlop B; Richards C; Kerr C; Buckley N; Adachi J
Journal
Journal of Surgical Research, Vol. 157, No. 2, pp. 161–167
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
12 2009
DOI
10.1016/j.jss.2008.12.004
ISSN
0022-4804