Open AccessCombined general end epidural anesthesia versus general anesthesia for radical cystectomy
Author(s) -
Nebojša Ladjević,
Ivana Likić-Ladjević,
Z. Dzamic,
M. Acimovic,
Danijela Dragičević,
Otaš Durutović
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
acta chirurgica iugoslavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0887
pISSN - 0354-950X
DOI - 10.2298/aci0704089l
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , tramadol , general anaesthesia , epidural administration , surgery , general anesthetics , cystectomy , analgesic , anesthetic , morphine , bladder cancer , cancer
The basic objective of the study is to present the effects of two types of anesthesia, general and combined general and epidural, on intraoperative bleeding and to present the effect of epidural analgesia during the postoperative period in radical cystecomy. Subjects who received general and epidural anesthesia had on the average 28.5% less bleeding than those who only had general anesthesia. Patients who received postoperative epidural analgesia had statistically significantly better analgesia during the postoperative period than those who were administered Tramadol intramuscularly.