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 7

Overall comparison between intrathecal morphine and epidural analgesia groups in patients undergoing major (≥4 segments) liver resection.

	Intrathecal morphine (𝑛=50)	Epidural analgesia (𝑛=50)	𝑃
Major Liver Resection	20	21	—
Duration of Surgery	178±34 min	184±32 min	.67
Pringle time	6min±87 sec	5 min ± 69 sec	.39
Operative Blood Loss	352 mL ± 69 mL	312±78 mL	.66
Passage Flatus Day 1	19 patients	6 patients	.03
Regular Diet Day 1	20 patients	6 patients	.05
Full Mobilization Day 1	20 patients	0	.01
Complication Rate	1 patient	2 patients	.39
Hospital Stay	4.6±0.8 days	7.2±1.3 days	.05