BJA Advance Access originally published online on June 25, 2004
British Journal of Anaesthesia 2004 93(3):458-461; doi:10.1093/bja/aeh212
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Right thoracic paravertebral analgesia for hepatectomy
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China
* Corresponding author. E-mail: hoamh{at}cuhk.edu.hk
Haemostatic deficiencies, common among cirrhotic patients, may deteriorate further after hepatectomy, increasing the bleeding risk associated with the use of thoracic epidural analgesia. We describe two patients who enjoyed immediate post-operative tracheal extubation and satisfactory analgesia using mainly right thoracic paravertebral analgesia after right lobe hepatectomy.