Acute liver injury after desflurane anesthesia: A case report.
- Author:
Jae Chan CHOI
1
;
Kwang Ho LEE
;
Jong Soo KIM
;
Hoon RYU
;
Sungwoo RYOO
;
Hyun Kyo LIM
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea. hyunkyolim@yonsei.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Anesthesia;
Desflurane;
Hepatotoxicity
- MeSH:
Anesthesia;
Anesthesia, General;
Anesthetics;
Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic;
Humans;
Isoflurane;
Liver;
Liver Failure, Acute;
Middle Aged
- From:Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
2011;6(1):93-95
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Most general anesthesia procedures are performed without any complications, but volatile agents may have adverse effects on various organ systems. Volatile anesthetic agents can cause mild to fulminant liver failure. However, while desflurane is a theoretical cause of hepatotoxicity, such cases have rarely been reported. We present here a 49-year-old man who developed hepatic dysfunction after laparoscopic cholecystectomy and this procedure was done under desflurane anesthesia.
