Is there any benefit in combined neuraxial-general anesthesia for myocardial revascularization?

Conclusions The use of neuraxial anesthesia in cardiac surgery remains controversial. The greatest benefit found by this review was the possibility of reducing postoperative arrhythmias, but this result was contradictory among the identified findings. The results of findings regarding mortality, myocardial infarction, stroke and in-hospital length of stay did not show greater efficacy of neuraxial anesthesia.
Source: Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology - Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research