Role of epidural anesthesia in a fast track liver resection protocol for cirrhotic patients - results after three years of practice

Table 5 Hospital length of stay and complications

	Group no epidural (n = 86)	Group epidural (n = 40)	P
Post operative MV lenght (h)	7.34 ± 18.11	1.29 ± 1.74	0.003
ICU stay (d)	2.78 ± 2.35	2.43 ± 1.57	0.183
Total PO hospital stay (d)	11.49 ± 7.95	8.65 ± 3.26	0.032
AKIN (grade)
0	81	40	0.121
1	3	0
2	1	0
3	1	0
DINDO (grade)
1	30	15	0.262
2	19	9
3	10	1
4	0	0
5	0	0

MV: Mechanical ventilation; PO: Postoperative; AKIN: Acute kidney injury network classification; DINDO: Clavien dindo classification of surgical complications.