Preconditioning Volatile Anesthesia in Liver Surgery

Preconditioning is Indeed Protective

The purpose of this study is to compare the impact and outcome of continuous volatile anesthesia to continuous intravenous anesthesia and to preconditioning volatile anesthesia in liver surgery.

Comparing the impact and outcome of continuous volatile anesthesia to continuous intravenous anesthesia and to preconditioning volatile anesthesia in liver surgery.

Inclusion Criteria:

• > 18 years
• benign and malign disease
• any type of liver surgery
• inflow occlusion during the liver surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

• < 18 years
• participation on other interventional and treatment randomized controlled trials,
• trauma of the liver
• liver cirrhosis