Propofol-based intravenous anesthesia is associated with better survival than desflurane anesthesia in pancreatic cancer surgery.

BACKGROUND:Previous researches have shown that anesthetic techniques can influence the patient outcomes of cancer surgery. Here, we studied the relationship between type of anesthetic and patient outcomes following elective, open pancreatic cancer surgery. METHODS:This was a retrospective cohort stu...

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Main Authors: Hou-Chuan Lai, Meei-Shyuan Lee, Yin-Tzu Liu, Kuen-Tze Lin, Kuo-Chuan Hung, Jen-Yin Chen, Zhi-Fu Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233598

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