Anesth Pain Med.
2011 Jan;6(1):93-95.
Acute liver injury after desflurane anesthesia: A case report
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- 1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea. hyunkyolim@yonsei.ac.kr
- 2Department of Surgery, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea.
- 3Biology Program, Division of Life Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea.
Abstract
- Most general anesthesia procedures are performed without any complications, but volatile agents may have adverse effects on various organ systems. Volatile anesthetic agents can cause mild to fulminant liver failure. However, while desflurane is a theoretical cause of hepatotoxicity, such cases have rarely been reported. We present here a 49-year-old man who developed hepatic dysfunction after laparoscopic cholecystectomy and this procedure was done under desflurane anesthesia.
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