Open AccessPropofol intravenous anaesthesia with desflurane compared with desflurane alone on postoperative liver function after living-donor liver transplantation
Author(s) -
Seokyung Shin,
Dong Jin Joo,
Myoung S. Kim,
Myung Il Bae,
Eun-Jin Heo,
Jong Seok Lee,
Dong Ho Kim,
Young Chul Yoo
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
european journal of anaesthesiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.445
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1365-2346
pISSN - 0265-0215
DOI - 10.1097/eja.0000000000001018
Subject(s) - medicine , desflurane , propofol , liver transplantation , anesthesia , general anaesthesia , transplantation , surgery , creatinine , liver function , hepatectomy , transaminase , gastroenterology , resection , biochemistry , chemistry , enzyme
Propofol is an anaesthetic that resembles α-tocopherol and it has been suggested that it protects against ischaemia-reperfusion injury in liver transplantation. Living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT) presents an opportunity to test this hypothesis in both donors and recipients.