Reduction in mortality after epidural anaesthesia and analgesia in patients undergoing rectal but not colonic cancer surgery: A retrospective analysis of data from 655 patients in Central Sweden

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 164-170

  Gupta, A ^a,b,d   Bjornsson A ^a,d   Fredriksson, M ^c,d   Hallbook O ^a,d   Eintrei, C ^a,d  

^a Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care ^*  (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Analgesia; colorectal; death; surgery; epidural; patient controlled; complications

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWEDEN;

EID: 79960483522     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aer100     Document Type: Article

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