Hepato Gastroenterol
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Hepato Gastroenterol · Nov 2003
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical TrialCoronary artery disease and upper abdominal surgery: impact of anesthesia on perioperative myocardial ischemia.
Some papers claim that epidural anesthesia and analgesia lowers the incidence of perioperative ischemic events and may have a favorable effect on perioperative cardiac morbidity and mortality. We studied the effect of epidural anesthesia and analgesia on perioperative myocardial ischemia, in a group of patients with known coronary artery disease, who underwent upper abdominal surgery. ⋯ Epidural anesthesia and analgesia reduces intraoperative and early postoperative ischemia in patients with known coronary artery disease undergoing upper abdominal surgery.
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Hepato Gastroenterol · Nov 2003
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialTranscatheter arterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cirrhosis: evaluation of two kinds of dosages of anticancer drugs and analysis of prognostic factors.
To evaluate the efficacy of TACE (transcatheter arterial chemoembolization) with use of low-dose versus conventional-dose anticancer drugs in hepatocellular carcinoma patients with cirrhosis and to analyze their prognostic factors. ⋯ TACE with use of large-dose anticancer drugs does not significantly enhance the anticancer effects and survival compared that with lowdose anticancer drugs. The therapeutic effect of TACE was mainly attributed to embolization of the artery rather than to anticancer drugs.