Fast Track Liver Resection: The Effect of a Comprehensive Care Package and Analgesia with Single Dose Intrathecal Morphine with Gabapentin or Continuous Epidural Analgesia

Table 3

Patient demographics and diagnoses (HCC = hepatocellular carcinoma).

	Intrathecal Morphine (𝑛=50)	Epidural Analgesia (𝑛=50)	Significance
Median age (range)	60 yrs (23–79)	61 yrs (28–83)	0.87
Sex ratio (M∶F)	24∶26	27∶23	0.56
ASA Grade
I	11	13	0.47
II	32	31	0.76
III	7	6	0.89
Pre-op Chemotherapy	27	25	0.73
Parenchymal Quality
Normal	40	39	0.89
Steatosis	8	9	0.83
Cirrhosis	2	2	0.97
Diagnosis
Colorectal Mets	31	32	0.88
Neuroendocrine Mets	6	5	0.89
HCC	2	3	0.77
Cholangiocarcinoma	3	1	0.79
Benign Tumours	8	9	0.88