Why the study?
Does combining regional and general anaesthesia improve outcomes in patients undergoing surgical procedures?
Population
Patients undergoing surgical procedures, including major thoracic, abdominal, orthopaedic surgery, pediatric…
Design
Review
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May warrant selective use where benefits predominate; leaves open procedure-specific RCTs to resolve disputed superiority.
Does combining regional and general anaesthesia improve outcomes in patients undergoing surgical procedures?
While combining regional and general anaesthesia provides benefits like prolonged analgesia and opioid sparing, it may have specific disadvantages in certain procedures such as free flap surgery and one-lung ventilation.
Narinder Rawal (2000) studied this question.
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