1981
DOI: 10.1007/bf03005506
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Influence of anaesthesia and surgery on neutrophil chemotaxis

Abstract: Chemotactic migration of leucocytes is one of the earliest and essential events among the host defense mechanisms against infection. Therefore, the influence of anaesthesia and surgery on leucocyte chemotaxis was investigated in patients requiring elective surgery. The chemotactic migration of peripheral blood leucocytes was measured by a modification of Boyden's method immediately before and after operation and on the second and third postoperative days. In addition, the influence of exposure to different mol… Show more

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“…It has been known for almost a century that anesthetic agents can affect aspects of the immune response [5][6][7], Specific studies have shown that anesthesia can suppress specific components of neutrophil function, including neutrophil chemotaxis [24,25], phagocytosis [26][27][28], bacterial killing capacity [29,30], and superoxide generation [27, 28. 31].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It has been known for almost a century that anesthetic agents can affect aspects of the immune response [5][6][7], Specific studies have shown that anesthesia can suppress specific components of neutrophil function, including neutrophil chemotaxis [24,25], phagocytosis [26][27][28], bacterial killing capacity [29,30], and superoxide generation [27, 28. 31].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Moudgil, Krunholz, Weiss and Skoultelia found that the phagocytosis and chemotaxis functions of neutrophils were suppressed when exposed to in vitro anaesthetics. As a result of decreased production of oxygen radicals, the intracellular killing process of bacteria is inhibited [15][16][17][18][19].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Many of these adverse effects result from the irreversible inhibition of vitamin B12 by N 2 O inhibition of methionine synthase, folate metabolism, and deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis is the result [29,30,31]. N 2 O also depresses chemotactic migration by neutrophils and monocytes, apparently by interfering with microtubules [32,33]. Increase in homocysteine concentration is another effect which may lead to increased myocardial infarction [34].…”
Section: The Adverse Effects Of Nitrous Oxidementioning
confidence: 99%