Effect of Adding Sufentanil to Epidural Ropivacaine on Perioperative Metabolic and Stress Responses in Combined General/Epidural Anaesthesia for Geriatric Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare metabolic and stress responses in combined general/epidural anesthesia in geriatric cancer patients.

Timeline

Start

2008-09

Primary completion

2009-12

Completion

2009-12

Publications

• Hong JY, Yang SC, Yi J, Kil HK. Epidural ropivacaine and sufentanil and the perioperative stress response after a radical retropubic prostatectomy. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2011 Mar;55(3):282-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2010.02360.x. Epub 2010 Nov 25.

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