Effects of Epidural Anesthesia and Analgesia on Coagulation and Outcome After Major Vascular Surgery

J. Tuman, Kenneth; J. McCarthy, Robert; March, Robert; A. DeLaria, Giacomo; V. Patel, Rajesh; D. Ivankovich, Anthony

doi:10.1213/00000539-199112000-00005

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Effects of Epidural Anesthesia and Analgesia on Coagulation and Outcome After Major Vascular Surgery

Published in Anesthesia & Analgesia • Dec 1, 1991

Authors:

Kenneth J. Tuman

Robert J. McCarthy

Robert March

Abstract

To examine the interaction of epidural anesthesia, coagulation status, and outcome after lower extremity revascularization, 80 patients with atherosclerotic vascular disease were prospectively randomized to receive general anesthesia combined with postoperative epidural analgesia (GEN-EPI) or genera...

Subject

Medicine

Anesthesia

Surgery

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