HPB surgery : a world journal of hepatic, pancreatic and biliary surgery
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Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Bilirubin as an anti-oxidant for surgical stress: a preliminary report of bilirubin oxidative metabolites.
Bilirubin has been recognized as an anti-oxidant. The purpose of this study was to examine whether bilirubin would act as an antioxidant for surgical stress in humans. ⋯ Bilirubin appears to act as an antioxidant for invasive surgery in humans. Urinary BOM could be a reliable marker for the degree of surgical stress.