Epidural anesthesia and analgesia in liver resection.
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.
Matot
Idit
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Department of Anesthesiology, Hadassah University Medical Center, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
Scheinin
Olga
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Eid
Ahmed
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Jurim
Oded
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015360:Analgesia, Epidural; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D001777:Blood Coagulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D008099:Liver / Q000601:surgery*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010976:Platelet Count; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011517:Prothrombin Time