Is epidural analgesia necessary after video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy?

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 464-468

  Kamiyoshihara, Mitsuhiro ^a   Nagashima, Toshiteru ^a   Ibe, Takashi ^a   Atsumi, Jun ^b   Shimizu, Kimihiro ^b   Takeyoshi, Isumi ^b  

^a MAEBASHI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidural Analgesia; Pain Measurement; Postoperative Pain; Pulmonary Diease; Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery.

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; LOXOPROFEN; MEXILETINE; MORPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE; PENTAZOCINE; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; JAPAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PNEUMONECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78651239247     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0218492310381817     Document Type: Article

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