title: [Is hyperbilirubinemia a risk factor in biliary surgery?].
abstract: The Authors, by means of a retrospective analysis of the patients operated on for biliary tract diseases (obstructive or not), evaluated the role of the serum bilirubin level as risk factor in this type of surgery. They show data about 474 patients divided into two groups on the basis of serum bilirubin level, examine mortality and morbidity rates also as a function of the age and analyze the results with the chi-square test. The Authors conclude that the serum bilirubin level have no statistically significant influence on the mortality and the morbidity rates, while elderly age results to be a risk factor.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Conti
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cariani
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001663:Bilirubin / Q000097:blood*; D003137:Common Bile Duct Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006932:Hyperbilirubinemia / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D001663:Bilirubin
vernacular_title: L'iperbilirubinemia è un fattore di rischio in chirurgia biliare?