Biosorbable Poly-L-Lactide Rib-Connecting Pins May Reduce Acute Pain after Thoracotomy

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-53

  Iwasaki, Akinori ^a   Hamatake, D ^a   Shirakusa, T ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Absorbable rib pin; Post thoracotomy pain; Visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

ABSORBABLE SUTURE; POLYLACTIDE;

ABSORBABLE RIB PIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG CANCER; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB RESECTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POLYESTERS; RIBS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542724735     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-815802     Document Type: Article

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