[Serum proteins in vaginal and abdominal hysterectomy]

Postoperative changes in various acute-phase-proteins (alpha 1-antitrypsin, c-reactive protein), alpha 2-macroglobulin, haptoglobin, transferrin, c3-c4-complement and myoglobin as well as four endocrine parameters (TBG, SHBG, prolactin and cortisol) were studied in forty healthy women divided into two groups. Each group consisted of 20 women who underwent either vaginal or abdominal hysterectomy. Differences between both groups related to both operative methods, seen in determination of 2-acute-phase-proteins, alpha 1-antithrypsin, CRP and the muscle specific myoglobin where established, whereby no statistically significant differences were apparent concerning the other parameters and hormones.