Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 12, Issue 4 , Pages 203-208, October 2008

Does regional anesthesia improve long-term patient outcome?

  • Fernande Lois, MD
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  • Marc De Kock, MD, PhD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Marc De Kock, MD, PhD, Department of Anesthesiology, Université Catholique de Louvain, 10-1821 Av Hippocrate, 1200 Brussels, Belgium

Department of Anesthesia, Université Catholique de Louvain, St Luc Hospital, Brussels, Belgium

Events occurring in the perioperative period may have persistent effects beyond discharge from the hospital. The role of regional anesthesia in the improvement of long-term patient outcome has been evaluated in several studies. The goal of this review is to examine how the anesthetic management, particularly regional anesthesia, could influence long-term mortality, cancer recurrence, cognitive dysfunction, persistent chronic pain and rehabilitation in the postoperative period.

Keywords: Long term outcome, Regional anesthesia, Mortality, Cancer recurrence, Chronic pain, Rehabilitation

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PII: S1084-208X(08)00047-5

doi:10.1053/j.trap.2008.09.006

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 12, Issue 4 , Pages 203-208, October 2008

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