title: Ischemia modified albumin can predict necrosis at incarcerated hernias.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the predictive effect of IMA in incarcerated hernias.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three groups (n = 7) of rats were operated. Group I aimed to mimic incarceration, group II aimed the strangulation, and group III was the sham group. IMA and LDH measurements were made.
  
  
  RESULTS
  IMA levels were significantly higher in strangulation mimicking group and IMA levels were normal at postoperative 6th hour in incarceration mimicking group. LDH levels were significantly higher in both incarceration and strangulation mimicking groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  IMA seems to be an effective marker in incarcerated hernias to predict necrosis. But we need further studies to generalise this hypothesis.
authors.affiliation: General Surgery Department, Medical Faculty, Bezmialem Vakıf University Hospital, Adnan Menderes Bulvarı Vatan Caddesi, 34093 Fatih, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hüseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kadioğlu
authors.affiliation: Anesthesiology Department, Medical Faculty, Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Dilek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ömür
authors.affiliation: General Surgery Department, Medical Faculty, Bezmialem Vakıf University Hospital, Adnan Menderes Bulvarı Vatan Caddesi, 34093 Fatih, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Süleyman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bozkurt
authors.affiliation: General Surgery Department, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ekrem
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ferlengez
authors.affiliation: General Surgery Department, Medical Faculty, Bezmialem Vakıf University Hospital, Adnan Menderes Bulvarı Vatan Caddesi, 34093 Fatih, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Naim
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Memmı
authors.affiliation: General Surgery Department, Medical Faculty, Bezmialem Vakıf University Hospital, Adnan Menderes Bulvarı Vatan Caddesi, 34093 Fatih, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yeliz Emine
authors.initials: YE
authors.lastname: Ersoy
authors.affiliation: General Surgery Department, Medical Faculty, Bezmialem Vakıf University Hospital, Adnan Menderes Bulvarı Vatan Caddesi, 34093 Fatih, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gökhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Çıpe
authors.affiliation: Anesthesiology Department, Medical Faculty, Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mahmut
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Müslümanoğlu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D006547:Hernia; D046449:Hernia, Abdominal / Q000097:blood*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000098:blood supply; D007511:Ischemia / Q000097:blood*; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000097:blood; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D012709:Serum Albumin; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase