Research Article

Ketamine Does Not Change Natural Killer Cell Cytotoxicity in Patients Undergoing Cancer Surgery: Basic Experiment and Clinical Trial

Table 1

The characteristics of the patients who underwent lung (lobectomy) or prostate cancer surgery (RARP).

ControlKetamineMD (95% CI) value

Age (yrs)0.9 (−2.0, 3.9)0.54
Height (cm)0.1 (−3.5, 3.7)0.96
Weight (kg)−1.8 (−6.3, 2.690.41
Anesthesia (min)−7.2 (−28.9, 14.4)0.51
Surgery (min)−6.6 (−26.5, 13.3)0.51
Propofol (mg)−103.0 (−288.2, 82.2)0.27
Remifentanil (μg)−288.6 (−620.3, 43.1)0.09
Ketamine (mg)0−134.0 (−142.4, −125.6)<0.001
Fentanyl (μg)7 (19, 32)0.61
Morphine (mg)10 [10, 10]10 [10, 10]NA0.76
Aceta (mg)−17.3 (−92.9, 58.1)0.65
ΔNLR6.0 [2.3, 15.5]6.2 [2.6, 14.6]NA0.75
ΔPLR−6.4 [−15.4, 12.2]−3.6 [−12.8, 20.6]NA0.27
NRS0 [0, 3]0 [0, 2.3]NA0.79

ΔNLR and ΔPLR = value before-after surgery. Aceta: acetaminophen; MD: mean difference; NA: not analyzed; NLR: neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio; NRS: numerical rating scale; PLR: platelet-lymphocyte ratio; RARP: robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.