Anesth Analg 2000;91:1139-1141
© 2000 International Anesthesia Research Society
CARDIOVASCULAR ANESTHESIA
Epidural Catheter and Increased Prothrombin Time After Right Lobe Hepatectomy for Living Donor Transplantation
Carl J. Borromeo, MD*,
Michael S. Stix, MD, PhD*,
Anne Lally, MD , and
Elizabeth A. Pomfret, MD, PhD
Departments of
*Anesthesiology and
Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Carl J. Borromeo, MD, Department of Anesthesiology, Lahey Clinic, 41 Mall Road, Burlington, MA 01805. Address e-mail to carl.j.borromeo{at}lahey.org
Implications: 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.
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