Propofol-based total intravenous anesthesia is associated with better survival than desflurane anesthesia in robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.

BACKGROUND:Previous researches have shown that anesthetic techniques may influence the patients' outcomes after cancer surgery. Here, we studied the relationship between the type of anesthetic techniques and patients' outcomes following elective robot-assisted radical prostatectomy. METHOD...

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Main Authors: Hou-Chuan Lai, Meei-Shyuan Lee, Kuen-Tze Lin, Yi-Hsuan Huang, Jen-Yin Chen, Yao-Tsung Lin, Kuo-Chuan Hung, Zhi-Fu Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230290