Acute pain management for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: An update

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 312-321

  Kaplowitz, Jeremy ^a   Papadakos, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

acute pain management; epidural anesthesia; intercostal anesthesia; paravertebral anesthesia; regional anesthesia; thoracoscopy; video assisted thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; DICLOFENAC; FENTANYL; KETOROLAC; LOXOPROFEN; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL; PENTAZOCINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ANALGESIA; CHRONIC PAIN; HUMAN; INNERVATION; INTERCOSTAL NERVE BLOCK; INTRAPLEURAL NERVE BLOCK; LUNG; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARAVERTEBRAL ANALGESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERRED PAIN; REVIEW; SHOULDER PAIN; THORACIC EPIDURAL ANALGESIA; THORAX; THORAX PAIN; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUTE PAIN; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; HUMANS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 84858159400     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: 15328422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2011.04.010     Document Type: Review

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