Effect of postoperative analgesia on major postoperative complications: a systematic update of the evidence

SS Liu, CL Wu - Anesthesia & Analgesia, 2007 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Few individual clinical trials have had sufficient subject numbers to
definitively determine the effects of postoperative analgesia on major outcomes. METHODS …

Impact of epidural analgesia on mortality and morbidity after surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

DM Pöpping, N Elia, HK Van Aken, E Marret… - Annals of …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To quantify benefit and harm of epidural analgesia, compared with systemic
opioid analgesia, in adults having surgery under general anesthesia. Background: It …

Does regional analgesia for major surgery improve outcome? Focus on epidural analgesia

FO Kooij, WS Schlack, B Preckel… - Anesthesia & …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
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with caution. When comparing thoracic epidural analgesia to IV analgesia after coronary …

Double-masked randomized trial comparing alternate combinations of intraoperative anesthesia and postoperative analgesia in abdominal aortic surgery

EJ Norris, C Beattie, BA Perler, EA Martinez… - The Journal of the …, 2001 - pubs.asahq.org
Background Improvement in patient outcome and reduced use of medical resources may
result from using epidural anesthesia and analgesia as compared with general anesthesia …

Effect of epidural anesthesia and analgesia on perioperative outcome: a randomized, controlled Veterans Affairs cooperative study

WY Park, JS Thompson, KK Lee - Annals of surgery, 2001 - journals.lww.com
Objective To test the hypothesis that epidural anesthesia and postoperative epidural
analgesia decrease the incidence of death and major complications during and after four …

Epidural analgesia improves outcome in cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

E Bignami, G Landoni, GGL Biondi-Zoccai… - Journal of cardiothoracic …, 2010 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The authors conducted a review of randomized studies to determine whether
there were any advantages for clinically relevant outcomes by adding epidural analgesia in …

Epidural analgesia reduces postoperative myocardial infarction: a meta-analysis

WS Beattie, NH Badner, P Choi - Anesthesia & Analgesia, 2001 - journals.lww.com
Postoperative cardiac morbidity and mortality continue to pose considerable risks to surgical
patients. Postoperative epidural analgesia is considered to have beneficial effects on …

The role of epidural anesthesia and analgesia in surgical practice

RJ Moraca, DG Sheldon, RC Thirlby - Annals of surgery, 2003 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To review the potential and proven benefits and complications of epidural
anesthesia/analgesia. Summary Background Data: Advances in analgesia/anesthesia have …

Meta-analysis demonstrates statistically significant reduction in postoperative myocardial infarction with the use of thoracic epidural analgesia

WS Beattie, NH Badner, PTL Choi - Anesthesia & Analgesia, 2003 - journals.lww.com
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Epidural local anesthetics versus opioid-based analgesic regimens for postoperative gastrointestinal paralysis, vomiting, and pain after abdominal surgery: a …

J Guay, M Nishimori, SL Kopp - Anesthesia & Analgesia, 2016 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: The aim of this review was to compare the effects of postoperative epidural
analgesia with local anesthetics to postoperative systemic or epidural opioids in terms of …