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Trial reportLangenbeck's archives of surgery2005

Serum VEGF and b-FGF profiles after tension-free or conventional hernioplasty.

Gaetano Di Vita, Rosalia Patti, Pietro D'Agostino, Francesco Arcoleo, Giuseppe Caruso, Matteo Arcara, Valentina Davì, Enrico Cillari

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Trial report in Langenbeck's archives of surgery, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Gaetano Di VitaDepartment of Surgery and Oncology 1st Division, University of Palermo P. Giaccone, Palermo, Italy.
Rosalia Patti
Pietro D'Agostino
Francesco Arcoleo
Giuseppe Caruso
Matteo Arcara
Valentina Davì
Enrico Cillari
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico "Paolo Giaccone" di Palermo · ITOspedale Vincenzo Cervello · ITUniversity of Palermo · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAngiogenesis is strongly influenced by vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and basic fibroblast growth factor (b-FGF), whose production is also regulated by interferon (IFN)-gamma and interleukin (IL)-10. The aim of this study was to evaluate the modifications of serum VEGF, b-FGF, IFN-gamma and IL-10 levels in patients with inguinal hernia undergoing hernioplasty with the Lichtenstein technique (LH) using polypropylene mesh or with Bassini open conventional inguinal hernia repair (BH). MATERIALS AND

methodsRandomly, 16 patients underwent BH, and 16 were treated with the LH technique using polypropylene mesh. Blood samples were collected 24 h prior to surgery and then 6, 24, 48 and 168 h postoperatively. The serum concentrations of VEGF, b-FGF, IFN-gamma and IL-10 were evaluated.

resultsIn BH patients, a peak of VEGF synthesis at 6 h with a normalization of this parameter 24 h after surgery has been observed. In the same subjects, b-FGF synthesis increased after surgery reaching significant levels 48 h later. On the contrary, in LH patients, a decrease in the serum VEGF and b-FGF concentrations was detected after surgery and their increase afterwards. IL-10 was increased in both groups 6 h after operation and declined to preoperative levels 24 h afterwards. IFN-gamma enhanced in LH patients 6 h after surgery, whereas no modifications were detected in BH subjects.

conclusionsThis preliminary study shows that VEGF and b-FGF modifications, associated with alterations of cytokine secretion, are detectable in human undergoing hernioplasty, and suggests that they could somehow influence in the wound-healing process.

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AdultAnalysis of VarianceEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFibroblast Growth Factor 2Hernia, InguinalHumansInterferon-gammaInterleukin-10MaleMiddle AgedStatistics, NonparametricSurgical MeshVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AFibroblast Growth Factor 2Interferon-gammaInterleukin-10Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A

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PMID16180047
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