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Rectal cancer surgery has traditionally been performed under laparotomy (LT), which carries a high risk of postoperative morbidity and high level of postoperative pain. For colorectal cancer resection surgeries, epidural analgesia (EA) is recommended by European Society of Regional Anesthesia when surgery is performed with laparotomy techniques. No consensus exist for patients undergoing specifically laparotomic rectal cancer surgeries, but EA is usually proposed to then, like other colon cancer surgeries. The authors think that including rectal surgeries with colon surgeries is a cause of heterogeneity in the results of the pain control studies found . . .
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