Power point presentation Slides Presented in Lectures at Services institute of Medical Sciences Lahore

1. Immunity and Surgery
Dr Basit Qureshi
Assistant Professor, Surgical Unit I
SIMS/Services Hospital, Lahore

2. Importance of immunity in surgery
• Wound Healing
• Early Post operative recovery
• Prevention against infections
– abdominal tuberculosis and its complications
– Amebic Liver Abscess
– Typhoid fever and its complication

3. Common causes of immunocompromised
status of surgical patients
• Diabetes
• HIV (AIDS) especially in IV drug abuser
• Advanced Malignancy

4. Common presentation to surgeon of
immunocompromised patients
• Diabetic Foot
• Mycotic Anerysm
• Abscess Formation
• Lymphadenopathy

5. OverWhelming Post Splenectomy Infection
(OPSI)
• Due to decreased immunity against
encapsulated micro organisms
– Hemophilus Influenza
– Pneumococcus
– Meningococcus

6. Immunosuppression
• Important after transplantation surgery to
prevent graft rejection

7. Immunotherapy
• Treatment of disease by inducing, enhancing,
or suppressing an immune response
– e.g. against malignancies

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