Effect of epidural analgesia on cancer prognosis after colon cancer resection: a single-centre cohort study in Taiwan.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Whether epidural analgesia affects cancer outcomes remains controversial. Most previous investigations ignored the confounding potential of important pathological factors on cancer outcomes. This study aimed to assess the association between epidural analgesia and cancer recurrence or death after resections for colon cancer.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

A single-medical centre in Taiwan.

Participants

Patients with stage I through III colon cancer undergoing bowel resection and receiving either epidural analgesia or intravenous opioid analgesia from 2005 to 2014.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Primary outcome was postoperative recurrence-free survival and secondary outcome was overall survival.

Results

A total of 27

SUBMITTER: Wu HL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7583069 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature