Exploring the Potential of H2 Therapy in Reducing Surgical Complications: A Review on Anti-inflammatory, Antioxidant, and Anti-fibrotic Mechanisms.
Marzieh Neykhonji, Abdulridha Mohammed Al-Asady, Amir Avan, Majid Khazaei, Seyed Mahdi Hassanian · Current pharmaceutical design · 2025
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H2HUBB TAKEAWAY
Hydrogen is demonstrated to attenuate the early inflammatory response by down-regulating proinflammatory cytokines alongside its anti-oxidative and anti-fibrotic effects. The reviewed evidence adds support for molecular hydrogen's therapeutic potential across the conditions, mechanisms, or outcomes examined.
What the Findings Mean
H2HUBB reviewed this publication as a synthesis of molecular-hydrogen research and summarizes the outcomes emphasized by the authors. Hydrogen is demonstrated to attenuate the early inflammatory response by down-regulating proinflammatory cytokines alongside its anti-oxidative and anti-fibrotic effects.
What the Researchers Studied
The authors reviewed this review demonstrates the potential role of hydrogen in post-surgical adhesion prevention and calls for further investigation of its molecular pathways, as well as clinical studies to assess its efficacy and safety in a therapeutic setting.
What Effects Did Molecular Hydrogen Have?
PubMed and Google Scholar were extensively queried to investigate the potential role of hydrogen in preventing post-surgical adhesions and its underlying mechanisms. Hydrogen is demonstrated to attenuate the early inflammatory response by down-regulating proinflammatory cytokines alongside its anti-oxidative and anti-fibrotic effects.
Why These Findings Matter
The reviewed evidence adds support for molecular hydrogen's therapeutic potential across the conditions, mechanisms, or outcomes examined.
How Strong Is This Evidence?
This is review or synthesis evidence (narrative review).
Technical Study Details
H2HUBB classifies this publication as narrative review with review or synthesis evidence. The study used a narrative review.
Limitations and Safety
No separate limitations or safety findings were identified in the source text available to H2HUBB.
Original Study and H2HUBB Research Context
H2HUBB presents this source-grounded research record as one contribution to the broader molecular-hydrogen evidence base.