LIBYAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, cilt.7, 2012 (SCI-Expanded)
Background: Hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury is a common clinical problem in hepatic surgery and transplantation. Several cellular and tissue structural and functional alterations are observed in such injury. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of dexmedetomidine on lipid peroxidation and erythrocyte deformability during ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats.