title: Epidural anesthesia and analgesia in liver resection.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Hadassah University Medical Center, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
authors.forename: Idit
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Matot
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Scheinin
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Eid
authors.forename: Oded
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Jurim
mesh_terms: 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