Assessment and follow-up of intercostal nerve damage after video-assisted thoracic surgery

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1033-1039

  Miyazaki, Takuro ^a   Sakai, Tetsuya ^a   Tsuchiya, Tomoshi ^a   Yamasaki, Naoya ^a   Tagawa, Tsutomu ^a   Mine, Mariko ^a   Shibata, Yoshisada ^a   Nagayasu, Takeshi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lung cancer surgery; Pain; Thoracotomy; Video assisted thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; LOXOPROFEN; PENTAZOCINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; LUNG CANCER; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE INJURY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RETRACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; VIDEO ASSISTED MINITHORACOTOMY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERCOSTAL NERVES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PNEUMONECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 79955614882     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.10.015     Document Type: Article

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