Table 3.

Details of patients who died within 90 days of operation

Patient details	Patient 1	Patient 2	Patient 3
Age (years)	73	82	10
Gender	Male	Male	Male
Diagnosis	Dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma	Chondrosarcoma	Ewing’s sarcoma
Operation	Hemipelvectomy	Hemipelvectomy	Hemipelvectomy
Anesthetic group	Standard	HEA	HEA
Days postoperative	13	30	37
Cause of death	Cardiac arrest secondary to MI	Wound sepsis and pneumonia	Chemotherapy complications*
Bloods loss (mL)	3108	2168	217

* Cause given on death certificate; HEA = hypotensive epidural anesthesia; MI = myocardial infarction.