Recovery and Analgesia After Surgery for Gynecological Cancer

Inclusion Criteria: * Women with gynecological cancer (suspected or verified) planned for explorative laparotomy through a middle-line incision with a curative purpose. * WHO performance status \< 2. * American Society of Anesthesiologists class 1-2. * Women that understand and can express themselves in Swedish. * Women that after verbal and written information accept participation in the study and have signed an informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Women where surgery is expected to include part/s, other than the abdominal surgery, where intrathecal or epidural analgesia is not expected to be effective * Women with contra indications for intrathecal or epidural anesthesia. * Women who are physically disabled and therefore nor expected to be mobilized on the day after surgery in the same way as non-disabled. * Women with a mental retardation that makes it impossible to fill in the relevant questionnaires or makes it impossible to understand the meaning of participation, or if it is ethically doubtful to include the woman. * Women with psychiatric or mental disorder that according to the responsible physician makes it unsuitable to participate in the study .