*Corresponding author:
Ana Belén Martínez Martínez, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, SpainReceived:October 04, 2018; Published: October 15, 2018
DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2018.10.001894
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Being able to predict the complications that can arise after a surgical intervention is essential to accelerate the recovery of patients, minimize pain or save their lives in the most crucial cases. Different markers of surgical aggression [1-3] have been studied, being to use C-reactive protein (CRP) measurement during the postoperative period the current trend to predict the evolution of the patients [4-6]. A brief review of the utility of CRP measurement is showed to assess its use as the choice marker of the surgical injury.
Keywords : CRP; Gastrointestinal surgery; Inflammation marker; Surgical injury
Abbreviations : CRP: C-Reactive Protein; SIRS: Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome; OS: Open Surgery; LS: Laparoscopic Surgery; WBC: White Blood Cells