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These bacteria-gobbling immune cells help the body heal—but also cause surgical complications – Science Magazine
Surgery side effect linked to macrophages may result from repair gone awry
This peritoneal macrophage may protect the abdomenor spark a serious surgical side effect.
Dennis Kunkel Microscopy/Science Source
By Mitch LeslieMar. 4, 2021 , 2:00 PM
Abdominal surgery is grueling enough. But every year, hundreds of thousands of patients undergo follow-up operations to carve away the internal scar tissue that results, which causes problems such as pain and intestinal blockages. Now, researchers have discovered that normally protective immune cells known as macrophages may provoke…
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