Table 1

Criteria of inclusion and exclusion of patients.

Inclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria

patients meeting all of the following criteria are considered for inclusion in the study:
patients with any of the following will not be included in the trial:
- scheduled for elective major partial liver resection of ≥3 liver segments for liver neoplasms
- patients <18 and >90 years
- written informed consent
- patients <50 and >120 kg
- adequate contraception is required for women with childbearing potential
- patients with severe, organ-specific disorders (e.g., liver or renal failure, acute pancreatitis)

- patients undergoing emergency procedures

- patients with expected intubation problems

- pregnancy and/or lactation

- history of hypersensitivity to the investigational product or to any drug with similar chemical structure or to any compound present in the pharmaceutical form of the investigational product

- simultaneous participation in another clinical trial

- mental condition rendering the subject incapable of understanding the nature, scope, and consequences of the trial

No subject will be enrolled in this study more than once.

Schemmer et al. BMC Surgery 2008 8:2   doi:10.1186/1471-2482-8-2