Van Aken 2012.

Trial name or title	Anesthesia and Cancer Recurrence im Malignant Melanoma
Methods	Randomized single blinded (outcome assessor) clinical trial
Participants	Patients scheduled for inguinal lymph node dissection because of malignant melanoma of the lower limb Estimated enrolment: 230 participants
Interventions	Spinal anaesthesia vs general anaesthesia
Outcomes	Overall survival up to 5 years after surgery
Starting date	2012
Contact information	University Hospital Muenster, Department of Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Therapy. Study Chair: Hugo K. van Aken, MD, PhD
Notes

ASA = American Society of Anesthesiologists.

PCA = patient‐controlled analgesia.

VATS = video‐assisted thoracic surgery.

PCEA = epidural patient‐controlled analgesia