Short- and long term effects of epidural analgesia on morbidity and mortality of esophageal cancer surgery

摘要

Perioperative regional anesthesia with consecutive reduction of intra- and postoperative systemic opioid requirements in order to improve oncological result after cancer surgery has only been addressed by a few reports. This hypothesis has never been proved in esophageal cancer with a long-term follow-up of more than 5 years. Therefore, we addressed the impact on short- and long-term outcomes of epidural analgesia for esophagus cancer surgery.