Lower rate of delayed graft function is observed when epidural analgesia for living donor nephrectomy is administered.

Wolfgang BaarUlrich GoebelHartmut BuerkleBernd JaenigenKai KaufmannSebastian Heinrich

Published in: BMC anesthesiology (2019)

In our cohort we observed a significantly lower rate of DGF when epidural analgesia for donor nephrectomy was administered. Due to restrictions of the study design this observation needs further confirmation by prospective studies.

Keyphrases

robot assisted
spinal cord
pain management
ultrasound guided
editorial comment
postoperative pain
case control
chronic pain
minimally invasive