Perioperative epidural analgesia for major abdominal surgery for cancer and recurrence-free survival: Randomised trial

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7800, 2011, Pages 746-

  Myles, Paul S ^a,b   Peyton, Philip ^c   Silbert, Brendan ^d   Hunt, Jennifer ^a   Rigg, John R A ^e   Sessler, Daniel I ^f  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e Anaesthetists Trials Group   (Australia)

^f LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PETHIDINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RECURRENCE; COLON CANCER; COLON RESECTION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTECTOMY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LIVER RESECTION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; NEPHRECTOMY; NEW ZEALAND; PANCREAS RESECTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL;

EID: 79953290330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d1491     Document Type: Article

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