Epidural catheter and increased prothrombin time after right lobe hepatectomy for living donor transplantation

C J Borromeo; M S Stix; A Lally; E A Pomfret

doi:10.1097/00000539-200011000-00018

Epidural catheter and increased prothrombin time after right lobe hepatectomy for living donor transplantation

Anesth Analg. 2000 Nov;91(5):1139-41. doi: 10.1097/00000539-200011000-00018.

Authors

C J Borromeo¹, M S Stix, A Lally, E A Pomfret

Affiliation

¹ Departments of Anesthesiology and Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA 01805, USA. carl.j.borromeo@lahey.org

PMID: 11049898
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200011000-00018

Abstract

Donor right hepatic lobectomy for the purpose of living liver transplantation may be associated with postoperative abnormalities in tests of clotting function. This study explores the possible causes and anesthetic implications of this phenomenon.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Analgesia, Epidural*
Anesthetics, Local / administration & dosage*
Bupivacaine / administration & dosage*
Hepatectomy* / adverse effects
Humans
Liver Transplantation*
Living Donors*
Male
Postoperative Pain / drug therapy*
Postoperative Period
Prothrombin Time*
Tissue and Organ Harvesting*

Substances

Anesthetics, Local
Bupivacaine