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Predictive value of IL-6 and IL-10 serum levels in anastomotic leakage in elderly patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer

Giovanni GuercioFrancesco BavettaCalogero RicottaBianca CudiaG Diana

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medicine.medical_specialtyAnastomotic leakage IL-6 IL-10 elderly patients surgerybiologyColorectal cancerbusiness.industryTransverse colonCancerRectumSigmoid colonDiseaselcsh:Geriatricsmedicine.diseaseGastroenterologydigestive system diseaseslcsh:RC952-954.6Settore MED/18 - Chirurgia Generalemedicine.anatomical_structureDiabetes mellitusInternal medicineMeeting Abstractmedicinebiology.proteinGeriatrics and GerontologyInterleukin 6business

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Methods The study group is yet represented by 33 patients: 17 males and 16 females (median age 76, range 70–89). The location of cancer was respectively: 5 (15, 15%) in the rectum, 15 (45, 45%) in the left colon, 11 (33, 33%) in the right colon, 1 (3, 3%) in the transverse colon, 1 (3, 3%) synchronous in the caecum and the sigmoid colon. The associated diseases observed were: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, ischemic heart disease arterial vasculopathy.

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2009-04-01
10.1186/1471-2318-9-s1-a30http://hdl.handle.net/10447/39756