Cochrane · systematic review · CD008877
Anaesthetic techniques for risk of malignant tumour recurrence
Cakmakkaya, OS, Kolodzie, K, Apfel, CC, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2014 · Cochrane Library
AnaesthesiaAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
3
current version
GRADE rated
3
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 2 · 66.7%Low 1 · 33.3%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Questions and results
Epidural anaesthesia in addition to general anaesthesia compared with general anaesthesia alone for patients undergoing primary tumour surgery
Population: patients undergoing primary tumour surgery
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Death from all causes Range of Epidural anaesthesia in addition to general anaesthesia vs general anaesthesia alone | HR 1.03 [0.86, 1.24] | 3 studies · 647 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness |
Tumour progression or death from all causes Range of Epidural anaesthesia in addition to general anaesthesia vs general anaesthesia alone | HR 0.88 [0.56, 1.38] | 2 studies · 535 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness |
Tumour progression Median Epidural anaesthesia in addition to general anaesthesia vs general anaesthesia alone | HR 1.5 [1, 2.25] | 2 studies · 545 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness |