• Reg Anesth Pain Med · Nov 2016

    The Impact of Paravertebral Block Analgesia on Breast Cancer Survival After Surgery.

    • Juan P Cata, Mariana Chavez-MacGregor, Vicente Valero, Walter Black, Daliah M Black, Farzin Goravanchi, Ifey C Ifeanyi, Mike Hernandez, Andrea Rodriguez-Restrepo, and Vijaya Gottumukkala.
    • From the *Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; †Anesthesiology and Surgical Oncology Research Group; and Departments of ‡Breast Medical Oncology, §Breast Surgical Oncology, and ∥Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
    • Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2016 Nov 1; 41 (6): 696-703.

    Background And ObjectivesThe impact of regional anesthesia on breast cancer recurrence is controversial. We tested the hypothesis that the use of paravertebral block (PVB) analgesia during breast cancer surgery prolongs the recurrence-free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS) of women with breast cancer.MethodsSeven hundred ninety-two women with nonmetastatic breast cancer were included in this retrospective study. Patients were divided based on the administration of PVB analgesia for mastectomy surgeries. One hundred ninety-eight (25%) were given a PVB, the remainder were treated with opioid-based analgesia. Propensity score matching was developed using several variables. Univariate and multivariate analyses were used to assess the impact of PVB analgesia on RFS and OS.ResultsThe median follow-up times for RFS and OS were 5.8 and 6 years, respectively. In the propensity score matching model, a total of 396 women were included in each group of treatment (non-PVB group, n = 198 vs PVB group, n = 198). As expected, the fentanyl consumption was significantly lower in PVB (122.8 ± 77.85 μg) patients than non-PVB subjects (402.23 ± 343.8 μg). Other variables were not statistically significant. After adjusting for several important covariates, the analysis indicated that the use of PVB is not associated with a significant change in RFS [1.60 (0.81-3.16), P = 0.172] or OS [1.28 (0.55-3.01)] survival.DiscussionThis retrospective study does not support the hypothesis that the use of regional analgesia is associated with longer survival after surgery for breast cancer.

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