Comparison of combined general-epidural anesthesia with general anesthesia effects on survival and cancer recurrence: a meta-analysis of retrospective and prospective studies.

Animals underwent combined general-epidural anesthesia (EGA) is reported to have better long-time outcome than general anesthesia (GA). This study aimed to make overall evaluation of the association between these two anesthetic techniques and prognosis of cancer patients undergoing surgery.Related d...

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Main Authors: Lijian Pei, Gang Tan, Lei Wang, Wenjuan Guo, Bo Xiao, Xianli Gao, Li Wang, Hong Li, Zhonghuang Xu, Xiuhua Zhang, Jing Zhao, Jie Yi, Yuguang Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4280190?pdf=render