Epidural analgesia and avoidance of blood transfusion are associated with reduced mortality in patients with postoperative pulmonary complications following thoracotomic esophagectomy: a retrospective cohort study of 335 patients.
Kai B KaufmannWolfgang BaarTorben GlatzJens HoeppnerHartmut BuerkleUlrich GoebelSebastian HeinrichPublished in: BMC anesthesiology (2019)
In esophageal cancer patients undergoing esophagectomy via thoracotomy, epidural analgesia and the avoidance of intraoperative blood transfusion are significantly associated with a reduced 90-days mortality related to PPCs.