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TIVA may improve cancer surgery survival; hypothesis-generating observational data requiring RCTs before any practice shift.
(Abstracted from Anesthesiology, 124:69–79, 2016) Volatile inhalational anesthetic (INHA) gases and total IV anesthesia (TIVA) are 2 main classes of drugs used to maintain general anesthesia. In addition, there are a number of retrospective studies suggesting that the use of regional anesthesia during cancer surgery is beneficial, although the reason is uncertain.
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