This is the Scientific Surgery Archive, which contains all randomized clinical trials in surgery that have been identified by searching the top 50 English language medical journal issues since January 1998. Compiled by Jonothan J. Earnshaw, former Editor-in-Chief, BJS
Randomized clinical trial of epidural compared with conventional analgesia after minimally invasive colorectal surgery. J Am Coll Surg 2017; 225: 622-630.
Published: 17th May 2018
Authors: Hanna MH, Jafari MD, Jafari F, Phelan MJ, Rinehart J, Sun C et al.
Conclusion
Seventy-nine patients were randomized. The use of an epidural did not reduced postoperative pain (daily visual analogue scores), or speed up hospital discharge (four days in both groups), but it did increase the rate of hypotensive episodes (P<0.05).
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