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Propofol-based intravenous anesthesia is associated with better survival than desflurane anesthesia in pancreatic cancer surgery.

PLoS One · 2020 · PMC7241788 · PMID 32437450

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marginally significantno p-value reported
• Avoid the expression “marginally significant” • Due to the small sample size of approx. 10 surgeries per year I would like the authors to give more information on comparability of the study cohort with regard to surgical outcome and survival rates. • page 15: please avoid the term “insignificant interaction”.

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