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Cellular immunity can be changed after surgery and anesthesia. Tissue injury by surgical procedures significantly reduces the immune function in proportion to the degree of tissue injury. In addition, the use of opioids as analgesics during the perioperative period depress cellular immunity, in particular the activity of the natural killer (NK) cells. This perioperative immunosuppression may cause deleterious consequences on postoperative outcome in cancer patients. The aim of this study is to confirm the presence or extent of the change of NK cell activity between before and after head and neck surgery. Additionally, investigators will identify the clinical or genetic factors related to the change of NK cell activity.
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| The change of NK cell activity | Preoperative NK cell activity will be measured using the NK vue diagnostic test before surgery and anesthesia. Postoperative NK cell activity will be measured using the NK vue diagnostic test after 24 hours since stopping the use of intravenous remifentanil as analgesics during anesthesia in the operating room or sedation in the intensive care unit. | 24 hours |
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Inclusion Criteria:
1) The patients undergoing head and neck surgery including tumor removal and reconstruction with flap
Exclusion Criteria:
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Patients undergoing head and neck surgery
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Anesthesia and Pain Research Institue, Yonsei Universiy College of Medicine | Seoul | 03722 | South Korea |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24561245 | Background | Lee SB, Cha J, Kim IK, Yoon JC, Lee HJ, Park SW, Cho S, Youn DY, Lee H, Lee CH, Lee JM, Lee KY, Kim J. A high-throughput assay of NK cell activity in whole blood and its clinical application. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2014 Mar 14;445(3):584-90. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.02.040. Epub 2014 Feb 18. |
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no plan to share IPD
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D006258 | Head and Neck Neoplasms |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D009371 | Neoplasms by Site |
| D009369 | Neoplasms |
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blood obtained from enrolled patients before and after surgery