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Epidural versus patient-controlled intravenous analgesia on pain relief and recovery after laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer: randomized clinical trial

30 August 2024
Randomized clinical trials Upper GI
Kikuchi S, Matsusaki T, Mitsuhashi T, Kuroda S, Kashima H, Takata N et al.

BJS Open; 8: zrad161.

Pain scores at rest 48h after surgery were lower after epidural (1.94 versus 2.63, P=0.043) in this study that included 129 procedures.

Comment: Epidural remains optimal.

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