Epidural anesthesia and analgesia in liver resection

Anesth Analg. 2002 Nov;95(5):1179-81, table of contents. doi: 10.1097/00000539-200211000-00009.

Abstract

In patients undergoing major liver resection, the decision to introduce an epidural catheter and the timing of its removal should be made with care because of the prolonged changes in platelet count and in prothrombin time that develop in some patients.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Analgesia, Epidural*
  • Anesthesia, Epidural*
  • Anesthesia, General*
  • Blood Coagulation
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intraoperative Complications / epidemiology
  • Liver / surgery*
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Platelet Count
  • Prospective Studies
  • Prothrombin Time