Perioperative medicine & outcomes
Current insights into anaesthesia and critical care management of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: Multifaceted implications for the anaesthesiologist and intensive care physician
Study context
- Population
- Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) undergoing liver resection, liver transplantation or nonsurgical procedures
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Preanaesthetic evaluation should verify stabilisation of all comorbidities and evaluate degree of portal hypertension, cirrhosis severity and sarcopenia
- Minimally invasive techniques improve recovery after liver resection and liver transplantation for HCC
- Nonsurgical procedures (ablation, regional embolisation) expose patients to specific intra-anaesthetic complications, sometimes requiring intensive care management
- Peri-operative management of fluids, coagulation, narcosis and analgesia can impact patients' overall and cancer prognosis
- Posthepatic transplant immunosuppression must remain tailored to each individual patient
Original publication
Current insights into anaesthesia and critical care management of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: Multifaceted implications for the anaesthesiologist and intensive care physician. Eur J Anaesthesiol. Published 12 February 2025. doi:10.
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