No effect of melatonin on oxidative stress after laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a randomized placebo-controlled trial

B. Kucukakin, M. Klein, Jens Lykkesfeldt, R.J. Reiter, J. Rosenberg, Ismayil Gögenür

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    Abstract

    Background Melatonin, an endogenous circadian regulator, also has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antioxidative effect of melatonin in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Methods Patients were randomized to receive 10 mg melatonin or placebo during surgery. Blood samples for analysis of malondialdehyde (MDA), ascorbic acid (AA), total ascorbic acid (TAA) dehydroascorbic acid (DHA) and C-reactive protein (CRP) were collected pre-operatively and at 5 min, 6 h and 24 h after operation. Results Twenty patients received melatonin and 21 patients received placebo during surgery. No significant differences were observed between the groups in the oxidative stress variables MDA, TAA, AA and DHA or in the inflammatory variable CRP (repeated-measures ANOVA, P > 0.05 for all variables). Conclusions Administration of 10 mg melatonin did not reduce variables of oxidative stress in patients undergoing elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalActa Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
    Volume54
    Issue number9
    Pages (from-to)1121-1127
    Number of pages7
    ISSN0001-5172
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Oct 2010

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