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Postoperative epidural analgesia in obese patients undergoing liver resection surgery.
Med Glas (Zenica)
February 2013
1Department of Anesthesia, St James's University Hospital, 2Leeds School of Medicine, Leeds, 3Harrogate District Hospital, Harrogate.
Aim: To investigate the relation of body mass index (BMI) with postoperative pain scores and volume of local anaesthetic (LA) administered epidurally in patients undergoing liver resection surgery.
Methods: Retrospective data from 167 patients who had epidural analgesia (EA) for liver resection surgery were analysed: 123 with BMI < 30kgm-2 and 44 with BMI > 30kgm-2.
Results: Total volume of intraoperative bolus of epidural analgesia (EA) was not different between the BMI more than 30 kgm-2 and BMI less than 30 kgm-2 groups (p less 0.