Influence of combined general and epidural anesthesia on cancer prognosis: A meta-analysis

Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 954-959

  Chang, Xiao Li ^a   Zhu, Dan ^a   Ren, Xu Li ^a   Lv, Huang Wei ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Epidural anesthesia; General anesthesia; Meta analysis; Metastasis of cancer; Recurrence of cancer; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; COLORECTAL CANCER; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; METASTASIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE DATABASE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT;

EID: 80052148501     PISSN: 16722531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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