Significant improvement of chronic pain by Pregabalin after thoracotomy: Report of four cases

Surgery Today

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 915-917

  Matsutani, Noriyuki ^a   Kawamura, Masafumi ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intercostal pain; Postoperative pain; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREGABALIN; SEDATIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAIN; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; MELENA; NEURALGIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; STRESS ULCER; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PAIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ANALGESICS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHRONIC PAIN; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; INTERCOSTAL NERVES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PNEUMONECTOMY; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880301933     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-012-0287-5     Document Type: Article

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