Use of intracostal sutures reduces thoracotomy pain with possible risk of lung hernia: Another measure for prevention of pain [2] (multiple letters)

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 750-

  Sanders, Lucas H A ^a   Newman, Mark A J ^a   Cerfolio, Robert J ^b  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERNIA; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; LETTER; LUNG; LUNG LOBECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB; RIB FRACTURE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL APPROACH; SUTURE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 13244284736     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.02.137     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. R.J. Cerfolio T.N. Price A.S. Bryant C.S. Bass A.A. Bartolucci Intracostal sutures decrease the pain of thoracotomy Ann Thorac Surg 76 2003 407 412
2. D. Weissberg Y. Refaely Hernia of the lung Ann Thorac Surg 74 2002 1963 1966