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ArticleAnnals of medicine and surgery (2012)2021

Epidural analgesia and mortality after colorectal cancer surgery: A retrospective cohort study.

Wiebke Falk, Anil Gupta, Maximilian Peter Forssten, Hans Hjelmqvist, Gary Alan Bass, Peter Matthiessen, Shahin Mohseni

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Article in Annals of medicine and surgery (2012), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Wiebke FalkDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Orebro University Hospital, 701 85, Orebro, Sweden.
Anil GuptaDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden.
Maximilian Peter ForsstenSchool of Medical Sciences, Orebro University, 702 81, Orebro, Sweden.
Hans HjelmqvistSchool of Medical Sciences, Orebro University, 702 81, Orebro, Sweden.
Gary Alan BassSchool of Medical Sciences, Orebro University, 702 81, Orebro, Sweden.
Peter MatthiessenSchool of Medical Sciences, Orebro University, 702 81, Orebro, Sweden.
Shahin MohseniSchool of Medical Sciences, Orebro University, 702 81, Orebro, Sweden.
Örebro University Hospital · SEÖrebro University · SEKarolinska Institutet · SEUniversity of Pennsylvania Health System · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEpidural analgesia (EA) has been the standard of care after major abdominal surgery for many years. This study aimed to correlate EA with postoperative complications, short- and long-term mortality in patients with and without EA after open surgery (OS) and minimally invasive surgery (MIS) for colorectal cancer.

methodsPatient, clinical and outcome data were obtained from the Swedish Colorectal Cancer Registry and the Swedish Perioperative Registry. All adult patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer without metastases who underwent elective curative MIS or OS for colorectal cancer between January 2016 and December 2018 and who had data recorded in both registries, were included in the study. Data were analyzed for OS and MIS procedures separately. A Poisson regression model was used to investigate the association between EA and the outcomes of interest.

resultsFive thousand seven hundred sixty-two patients were included in the study, 2712 in the MIS and 3050 patients in the OS group. After adjusting for patient specific and clinically relevant variables in the regression model, no statistically significant difference in risk for complications; 30-day, 90-day, and up to 3-year mortality following either MIS or OS could be detected between the EA+ and EA-cohorts.

conclusionsIn this large study cohort, EA as part of the comprehensive care provided was not associated with a reduction in postoperative complications risk or improved 30-day, 90-day, or 3-year survival after MIS or OS for colorectal cancer.

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Colorectal cancerEpidural analgesiaMinimally invasive surgeryMortalityOpen surgery

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