Progress in clinical research of general anesthesia combined with epidural anesthesia and postopera-tive epidural analgesia on restoration of gastrointestinal function after fast-track colonic surgery / 中国医师杂志

General anesthesia combined with epidural anesthesia and postoperative epidural analge-sia is capable of accelerating the recovery of gastrointestinal function,providing better postoperative pain re-lief,improving the patient's satisfaction as well as shortening hospitalization dates.The article summarized the mechanisms of epidural analgesia influencing the recovery of gastrointestinal function.