Regional Anesthesia and Colorectal Cancer Surgery

The incidence of colorectal cancer increase with age. Geriatric patients have more comorbid medical conditions including cardiorespiratory and cerebrovascular diseases. Thus, high ASA scores, anatomical deformities and surgical risks should be managed by anesthesiologists. More common using of regional anesthetic tecniques to provide anesthesia and analgesia fort he patients undergoing colorectal cancer surgery has became a current issue with the better understandings on the pathophysiologic effects of the anaesthetic agents.In this article, we aimed to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of regional anesthetic tecniques in patients undergoing colorectal cancer surgery.