[Response of interleukin-6 in patients undergoing a laparoscopic or laparotomic cholecystectomy].

Background: It is well known that surgery induces an acute inflammatory response associated with significant increase of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and C reactive protein (CRP). Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is a so called "mini-invasive" surgical intervention and on the basis of this consideration it has been investigated if and how serological markers of inflammation are modified in patients after laparoscopic cholecystectomy compared to patients undergoing open cholecystectomy.

Methods: The acute phase of inflammation (IL-6, CRP and body temperature) was evaluated in 53 patients one day before surgery and p.