Surgical approach and the impact of epidural analgesia on survival after esophagectomy for cancer: A population-based retrospective cohort study.
Kenneth C Cummings IiiTzuyung Doug KouAmitabh ChakMark D SchluchterSeunghee MargeviciusGregory S CooperNeal J MeropolYaron PerryPhilip A LindenLinda C CummingsPublished in: PloS one (2019)
Among patients undergoing transthoracic esophagectomy, including a subgroup restricted to esophageal adenocarcinoma, epidural analgesia was associated with improved survival even after adjusting for other factors.