Length of hospital stay · adults
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Persistent pain 3 to 18 months after thoracotomy (We defined persistent postsurgical pain as new pain that did not exist before the operation, measured using differences in scores based on validated pain scales; patient interview between 3 to 18 m... · Patients undergoing thoracotomy
Thoracic epidural anaesthesia probably leads to lower persistent pain 3 to 18 months after thoracotomy (We defined… compared with conventional pain control (moderate certainty).
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Death from all causes Range of · patients undergoing primary tumour surgery
Epidural anaesthesia in addition to general anaesthesia showed no clear difference in death from all causes Range of compared with general anaesthesia alone (low certainty).
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Tumour progression or death from all causes Range of · patients undergoing primary tumour surgery
It is very uncertain whether epidural anaesthesia in addition to general anaesthesia changes tumour progression or death from all causes Range of compared with general anaesthesia alone (very low certainty).
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Tumour progression Median · patients undergoing primary tumour surgery
It is very uncertain whether epidural anaesthesia in addition to general anaesthesia changes tumour progression Median compared with general anaesthesia alone (very low certainty).
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Myocardial infarction ‐ Epidural anaesthesia · people who underwent a lower limb revascularisation
Neuraxial showed no clear difference in myocardial infarction－Epidural anaesthesia compared with general anaesthesia (low certainty).
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Amputation rate ‐ Epidural anaesthesia · people who underwent a lower limb revascularisation
Neuraxial showed no clear difference in amputation rate－Epidural anaesthesia compared with general anaesthesia (low certainty).
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Breakthrough pain · term, pregnant women (nulliparous, or combination of nulli‐ and muliparous) requesting for labour epidural analgesia
Automated mandatory bolus probably leads to lower breakthrough pain compared with basal infusion (moderate certainty).
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Duration of labour analgesia in minutes · term, pregnant women (nulliparous, or combination of nulli‐ and muliparous) requesting for labour epidural analgesia
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Maternal satisfaction following fetal delivery · term, pregnant women (nulliparous, or combination of nulli‐ and muliparous) requesting for labour epidural analgesia
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APGAR score (APGAR score ) · term, pregnant women (nulliparous, or combination of nulli‐ and muliparous) requesting for labour epidural analgesia
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30‐Day mortality · Patients undergoing thoracotomy
Paravertebral blockade showed no clear difference in 30‐day mortality compared with thoracic epidural blockade (low certainty).
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VAS scores at 48 hours (on coughing/after physiotherapy) Score from 0 ‐ 10 · Patients undergoing thoracotomy
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Technique failure · Patients undergoing thoracotomy
Paravertebral blockade probably leads to lower failure of technique (Number of participants) compared with thoracic epidural blockade (moderate certainty).
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Cardiovascular complications · Patients undergoing thoracotomy
Paravertebral blockade showed no clear difference in cardiovascular complications compared with thoracic epidural blockade (low certainty).
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Respiratory complications · Patients undergoing thoracotomy
Paravertebral blockade showed no clear difference in respiratory complications compared with thoracic epidural blockade (low certainty).
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Neurological complication (Delirium) · Patients undergoing thoracotomy
Paravertebral blockade probably leads to lower neurological complication (Delirium) compared with thoracic epidural blockade (moderate certainty).
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Early postoperative pain (VAS 0 ‐ 10, at rest, 4 hours) · Patients undergoing thoracotomy
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Early postoperative pain (VAS 0 ‐ 10, coughing, 4 hours) · Patients undergoing thoracotomy
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VAS score at 24 hours (at rest) Score from 0 ‐ 10 · Patients undergoing thoracotomy
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