Anesthesia and Pain Medicine  2011;6(1):93-95

Acute liver injury after desflurane anesthesia: A case report.

Jae Chan CHOI 1 ; Kwang Ho LEE ; Jong Soo KIM ; Hoon RYU ; Sungwoo RYOO ; Hyun Kyo LIM

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Keywords

Anesthesia; Desflurane; Hepatotoxicity

Country

Republic 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.