%0 Journal Article %T Age 107, hepatobiliary surgery and thoracic epidural anesthesia: a successful experience. %A Faruk Pehlivanl£¿ %A G¨¹l£¿in AYDIN %A Oktay Ayd£¿n %J - %D 2019 %X The anesthesia management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients in upper abdominal surgery is fairly difficult. The application of general anesthesia includes post-operative pulmonary and cardiac complications. We aim to share our experience of a good alternative to general anesthesia in a stage four COPD geriatric patient with thoracic epidural block %K ¨¹st abdominal cerrahi %K epidural anestezi %U http://dergipark.org.tr/patd/issue/42641/411186