Clinical Outcomes after Lower Extremity Revascularization: A Comparison of Epidural and General Anesthesia
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Objective: This study tests the hypothesis that epidural anesthesia during, and epidural analgesia after, lower extremity vascular surgery decreases the incidence of postoperative morbidity compared with general anesthesia. Method: Using a prospective, randomized, non-blinded clinical trial design, 82 patients scheduled for lower extremity revascularization surgery were randomized to either epidural anesthesia and postoperative analgesia or general anesthesia and systemic opioid analgesia during and after surgery. Measurements were made of preoperative patient demographic data, intraoperative anesthetic management, and intraand postoperative clinical outcomes including major organ system morbidity and vas-
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