Antonella Delvecchio, Gaetano Pavone, Maria Conticchio, Claudia Piacente, Miriam Varvara, Valentina Ferraro, Matteo Stasi, Annachiara Casella, Rosalinda Filippo, Michele Tedeschi, Carmine Pullano, Riccardo Inchingolo, Vito Delmonte, Riccardo Memeo
BACKGROUND: In recent years, minimally invasive liver resection has become a standard of care for liver tumors. Considering the need to treat increasingly fragile patients, general anesthesia is sometimes avoided due to respiratory complications. Therefore, surgical treatment with curative intent is abandoned in favor of a less invasive and less radical approach. Epidural anesthesia has been shown to reduce respiratory complications, especially in elderly patients with pre-existing lung disease...
December 27, 2023: World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery