Effects of epidural analgesia on cancer recurrence and long-term mortality in patients after non-small-cell lung cancer resection: a propensity score-matched study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Previous studies showed reductions in recurrence and mortality rate of several cancer types in patients receiving perioperative epidural analgesia. This study aimed to investigate the effects of thoracic epidural analgesia on oncological outcomes after resection for lung cancer.

Design

Retrospective study using propensity score matching methodology.

Setting

Single medical centre in Taiwan.

Participants

Patients with stages I-III non-small-cell lung cancer undergoing primary tumour resection between January 2005 and December 2015 and had either epidural analgesia, placed preoperatively and used intra- and postoperatively, or intravenous analgesia were evaluated through May 2017.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Primary endpoint was postop

SUBMITTER: Wu HL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6549742 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature