Open kidney cancer surgery and perioperative cardiac arrhythmias.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Although cardiac arrhythmias during anesthesia are often observed, the literature focuses mainly on cardio-thoracic surgery. We aimed to evaluate the incidence of arrhythmias appearing in the perioperative period in patients undergoing urological surgery and furthermore to define whether combining general with epidural anesthesia prevents them.

Material and methods

The study included 50 adults, without a prior cardiac or arrhythmia history, undergoing an open kidney cancer surgery, who were randomly allocated to receive either general or combined epidural/general anesthesia. A Holter monitor was applied the evening before the surgery, tracing continuously for a period of 24 hours (7PM-7PM). ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02988219.

Results

There was no statistical

SUBMITTER: Dobronska K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7848839 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature