General anaesthesia, epidural analgesia may improve postsurgical outcomes for paediatric tumours
31 Oct 2019
byStephen Padilla
Intraoperative epidural analgesia, perioperative opioid and total dose of volatile agent appear to show some “clinically meaningful associations” with relapse-free survival (RFS) in children with solid organ tumour, particularly in paediatric sarcoma patients, according to a Singapore study. However, no statistically significant association exists between epidural use and an improved RFS.