Role of epidural anesthesia in a fast track liver resection protocol for cirrhotic patients - results after three years of practice

Table 2 Preoperative data

	Group no epidural (n = 86)	Group epidural (n = 40)	P
Sex male (%)	69 (80.2%)	30 (75%)	0.655
Age (yr)	63.28 ± 11.38	62.8 ± 11.92	0.832
BMI	26.65 ± 4.36	25.23 ± 5.50	0.155
Cirrhosis etiology
HBV	19	10	0.947
HCV	49	27	0.434
Alcohol	9	2	0.501
Other	13	3	0.341
Type of resection
Major	19	12	0.461
Minor	67	28
Preoperative data
AST (UI/L)	50.8 ± 47.4	46.9 ± 29.1	0.586
ALT(UI/L)	47.4 ± 43.1	52.3 ± 38.5	0.541
Bilirubin (mg/dL)	0.80 ± 0.43	0.77 ± 0.40	0.710
INR	1.14 ± 0.12	1.10 ± 0.79	0.092
Creatinine (mg/dL)	1.08 ± 1.24	0.87 ± 0.26	0.164
Urea (mg/dL)	37.25 ± 13.74	36.84 ± 11.79	0.867
Platelet count	180134 ± 83856	211079 ± 94262	0.088

HBV: Hepatitis B virus; BMI: Body mass index; HCV: Hepatitis C virus; AST: Aspertate aminotransferase; ALT: Alanine transaminase; INR: International normalized ratio.