Evaluation of Postoperative Pain Relief after Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) for Spontaneous Pneumothorax

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 248-251

  Mizuta, Mitsuhiko ^a   Beppu, Satoru ^a   Hashimoto, Soushi ^a   Yoshioka, Masami ^a   Matsuo, Toshihiro ^a   Ohtsuka, Shouji ^a  

^a SHIN KOGA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chest tube; Intercostal nerve block; Preemptive analgesia; VATS for spontaneous pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NERVE BLOCK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTUBATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORACOSCOPY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BUPIVACAINE; CHEST TUBES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERCOSTAL NERVES; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PNEUMOTHORAX; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOSTOMY;

EID: 1842737072     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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