title: [Variations in fibronectin plasma levels after surgical stress].
abstract: Depletion of reticuloendothelial system following major operations or trauma closely correlates with a decrease of plasmatic levels of fibronectin. Aim of the study is to evaluate the changes in plasma fibronectin levels after a surgical stress. Twenty patients who underwent elective gynecological surgery for a variety of pathological condition were the subject of our study. Circulating levels of fibronectin showed a significative decrease, as compared to preoperative values, and returned to normal during the second postoperative day. The recovery to normal values of this plasma glycoprotein was associated, in our patients, with a normal postoperative course.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Biochimica Clinica.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oliva
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mancuso
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pizzo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ardita
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005353:Fibronectins / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000523:psychology; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008875:Middle Aged; D010052:Ovariectomy / Q000523:psychology; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D005353:Fibronectins
vernacular_title: Variazioni dei livelli plasmatici di fibronectina dopo stress chirurgico.