Is there any difference in anesthetic management of different post-OLT stage patients undergoing nontransplant organ surgery?
Zhi-Ying Feng, Jian Zhang, Sheng-Mei Zhu and Shu-Sen Zheng Hangzhou, China Author Affiliations: Department of Anesthesiology (Feng ZY, Zhang J and Zhu SM) and Department of General Surgery (Zheng SS), First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China Corresponding Author: Sheng-Mei Zhu, PhD, Department of Anesthesiology, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China (Tel: 86-571-87236830; Fax: 86-571-87236631; Email: anesanal@163.com) ?2006, Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int. All rights reserved. BACKGROUND: Little information is available about anesthesia management of nontransplant organ surgery of recipients after adult liver transplantation. The aim of this study was to discuss the anesthesia management of recipients for different stages after liver transplantation. METHODS: The medical records of 16 patients were reviewed after OLT scheduled for elective nontransplant organ surgery at our institution