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. 2017 Jul;61(7):575-580.
doi: 10.4103/ija.IJA_734_16.

Retrospective analysis of post-operative coagulopathy after major hepatic resection at a tertiary care centre in Northern India

Shweta A Singh  1 , P Vivekananthan  1 , Ankur Sharma  1 , Sandeep Sharma  1 , Kishore Gs Bharathy  2
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Retrospective analysis of post-operative coagulopathy after major hepatic resection at a tertiary care centre in Northern India

Shweta A Singh et al. Indian J Anaesth. 2017 Jul.

Abstract

Background and aims: Hepatic resection is a major surgery associated with intraoperative massive fluid shifts, blood loss, haemodynamic instability and risk of development of post-hepatectomy liver failure. Hepatic resection predisposes the patient to coagulopathy as well as venous thrombosis. However, due to the development of deranged coagulation profile post-operatively, there is a dilemma in starting thromboprophylaxis. Our aim in this study was to determine the incidence of coagulopathy in patients undergoing major hepatectomy.

Methods: In this retrospective study, we included 86 patients who had undergone major hepatectomy between January 2010 and December 2015 at our centre. Intraoperatively, we noted the number of liver segments resected, details of epidural catheter insertion, estimated blood loss, transfusion requirement and need for mechanical ventilation post-operatively. Trends of international normalised ratio (INR) and platelet values were recorded until post-operative day 5.

Results: Of the 86 patients, 6 (7%) had an abnormal coagulation profile pre-operatively and 39 (45.34%) patients developed a derangement in their coagulation profile on 1st post-operative day (POD). Platelet count was significantly lower and INR values were significantly higher than the pre-operative values on all 5 PODs. Sixty-seven (78%) patients had pre-operative epidural catheter insertion for post-operative pain management. Mechanical thrombophylaxis was used routinely.

Conclusions: The incidence of post-operative coagulopathy in our patients who underwent major liver resection was 45.34%. Epidural catheters could be removed safely without transfusion between POD 5 and 7. There was no incidence of venous thrombosis or thromboembolism.

Keywords: Coagulopathy; hepatectomy; thromboprophylaxis; venous thrombosis.

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Consort diagram
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Trends of international normalised ratio (INR) against preoperative (pre) and post-operative (pod) days
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Trends of abnormal platelet counts against preoperative (pre) and post-operative (pod) days
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