[Antithrombin III and alpha 2-antiplasmin in blood of patients operated on for benign prostatic hyperplasia]

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Z Zietek1, I Iwan-Zietek, M Kotschy

  • 1Katedry i Kliniki Urologii, Katedry i Zakładu Patofizjologii AM w Bydgoszczy.

Polski Tygodnik Lekarski (Warsaw, Poland : 1960)
|February 1, 1996
PubMed

The pre- and postoperative activity was studied of antithrombin III (AT III) and alpha 2-antiplasmin (alpha 2-AP) in blood of 40 patients subjected to transurethral prostatic electroresection due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). For comparison of the obtained results a control group was formed from patients with other diseases of the genitourinary system with exception of neoplasms. The activity of AT III and alpha 2-AP before the operation was similar to that in the control group. Intraoperatively (day 0) and on the first day after the operation, a statistically significantly lower activity of AT III and alpha 2-AP was found in the patients with BPH in relation to the initial value as well as to the control group. On day 5 after the operation, normalization of AT III and alpha 2-AP activity was found. During operations of the prostate a release occurs of thromboplastins and plasminogen activators initiating the activation of blood clotting and fibrinolysis. The decrease of activity of AT III and alpha 2-AP could be caused by AT III and alpha 2-AP use-up in the process of inhibition of the created thrombin and plasmin.

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