Paravertebral block with propofol anaesthesia does not improve survival compared with sevoflurane anaesthesia for breast cancer surgery: independent discussion of a randomised controlled trial

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Pain Management, University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. Electronic address: JCata@mdanderson.org.
² Institute of Applied Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK; NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, UK. Electronic address: forgetpatrice@yahoo.fr.

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Juan P Cata et al. Br J Anaesth. 2020 Jan.

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. 2020 Jan;124(1):19-24.

doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2019.09.039. Epub 2019 Nov 12.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Pain Management, University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. Electronic address: JCata@mdanderson.org.
² Institute of Applied Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK; NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, UK. Electronic address: forgetpatrice@yahoo.fr.

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Keywords: breast cancer; cancer recurrence; general anaesthesia; postoperative outcome; regional anaesthesia; surgery.

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