Patients with liver disease have multisystem organ dysfunction that leads to physiological
perturbations ranging from hyperbilirubinaemia of no clinical consequence to severe …

Hepatic resection has become the mainstay of treatment for both primary and certain
secondary malignancies. Outcomes after hepatic resection have significantly improved with …

IMPLICATIONS: Postoperative analgesia and side effects of intrathecal morphine versus
epidural naropine were compared after liver resection. Pain relief in the intrathecal group …

Introduction Epidural analgesia has emerged as a commonly applied method to improve
pain management and reduce perioperative complications in major abdominal surgery …

Background Posterior quadratus lumborum block (QLB) and intrathecal morphine are
accepted analgesic strategies in laparoscopic liver resection, but their effects have not been …

The analgesic efficacy of continuous local anaesthetic wound instillation after open hepatic
surgery was evaluated. Forty‐eight patients scheduled for elective liver surgery were …

IMPLICATIONS: This prospective, randomized, double-blind study demonstrated that
intrathecal morphine (0.5 mg) and fentanyl (15 μg) given before liver surgery significantly …

Postoperative analgesia and care for living liver donors have become particular interests for
clinicians as the use of living donor liver transplantation has increased. Local anesthetic …

Background and Objectives: Patients undergoing liver resection may have marginal
preoperative liver function, extensive intraoperative blood loss, and perioperative hepatic …

BACKGROUND: Randomized trials show equivocal benefit of epidural analgesia (EA) for
patients undergoing abdominal operations. Partial hepatectomy is often performed using …