Development of post-thoracotomy pain syndrome in patients undergoing lung surgery - comparison of thoracic paravertebral and epidural analgesia

Periodicum Biologorum

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 229-233

  Kozar, Sergeja ^a   Marić, Stela ^b   Jankovič, Vesna Novak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Epidural analgesia; Lung surgery; Paravertebral analgesia; Post thoracotomy pain syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; FENTANYL; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROPOFOL; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFUSION RATE; INFUSION SYSTEM; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; THORAX PARAVERTEBRAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 79959683674     PISSN: 00315362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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