POST-OPERATIVE CHANGES IN FACTOR XIII and FIBRCNETITN

Wound healing processes after surgery are not restricted to certain areas tut affect the vhole body; the ooagulaticn systan in particular is involved. We studied Factor XIII and fibrcnectin in the blood plasma of 16 patients before surgery, after surgery and cn the 1st, 3rd and 7th days after surgery; fibrcnectin was determined using IC-Partigen iimunodiffusicn and Factor XIII by Behringwerke rapid test. In 11 patients normal wound healing was observed (group A), while in 5 patients explications oocured (group B). Factor XIII: normal group (A): fall in concentration oenpared with the precpera-tive value up to the 7th day after surgery; group with explications (B): fall in concentration more…