Regional anaesthesia and surgical morbidity.
This review assesses the results of studies examining the influence of regional anaesthesia on surgical morbidity. Morbidity appears to be reduced when procedures below the umbilicus are concerned, but evidence is less convincing for upper abdominal and thoracic procedures.
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Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Hvidovre University Hospital, Denmark.
Kehlet
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D000765:Anesthesia, Conduction; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000401:mortality