Muscle sparing versus posterolateral thoracotomy for pulmonary lobectomy: Randomised controlled trial

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 415-419

  Nosotti, Mario ^a   Baisi, Alessandro ^a   Mendogni, Paolo ^a   Palleschi, Alessandro ^a   Tosi, Davide ^a   Rosso, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Muscle sparing thoracotomy; Post thoracotomy syndrome; Posterolateral thoracotomy; Postoperative pain; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

COCODAMOL; KETOROLAC; MORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE SPARING THORACOTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SELECTION; POST THORACOTOMY PAIN SYNDROME; POSTEROLATERAL THORACOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANALGESICS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PNEUMONECTOMY; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 78249242435     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2010.238840     Document Type: Article

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