Hepatic resection is associated with reduced postoperative opioid requirement

• Main Authors: Caitlyn Rose Moss (Author), Julia Christine Caldwell (Author), Babatunde Afilaka (Author), Khaled Iskandarani (Author), Vernon Michael Chinchilli (Author), Patrick McQuillan (Author), Amanda Beth Cooper (Author), Niraj Gusani (Author), Dmitri Bezinover (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background and Aims: Postoperative pain can significantly affect surgical outcomes. As opioid metabolism is liver-dependent, any reduction in hepatic volume can lead to increased opioid concentrations in the blood. The hypothesis of this retrospective study was that patients undergoing open hepatic...