Epidural anesthesia and analgesia in liver resection.
prospective_cohort · Level II
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Analgesia, Epidural
- Anesthesia, Epidural
- Anesthesia, General
- Liver