Epidural catheter and increased prothrombin time after right lobe hepatectomy for living donor transplantation.
case_report · Level V
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Analgesia, Epidural
- Anesthetics, Local
- Bupivacaine
- Hepatectomy
- Liver Transplantation
- Living Donors
- Postoperative Pain
- Prothrombin Time
- Tissue and Organ Harvesting