title: Epidural catheter and increased prothrombin time after right lobe hepatectomy for living donor transplantation.
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.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Anesthesiology and Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA 01805, USA. carl.j.borromeo@lahey.org
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Borromeo
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Stix
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lally
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Pomfret
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015360:Analgesia, Epidural; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002045:Bupivacaine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011517:Prothrombin Time; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting
chemical_list: D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D002045:Bupivacaine