Chest tube insertion is one important factor leading to intercostal nerve impairment in thoracic surgery

General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 58-63

  Miyazaki, Takuro ^a   Sakai, Tetsuya ^a   Yamasaki, Naoya ^a   Tsuchiya, Tomoshi ^a   Matsumoto, Keitaro ^a   Tagawa, Tsutomu ^a   Hatachi, Go ^a   Tomoshige, Koichi ^a   Mine, Mariko ^a   Nagayasu, Takeshi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lung cancer surgery; Pain; Thoracoscopy VATS; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

CELECOXIB; DICLOFENAC;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHEST TUBE; CHEST TUBE INSERTION; CHYLOTHORAX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NERVE IMPAIRMENT; LOBECTOMY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE INJURY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT DURATION; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84891710846     PISSN: 18636705     EISSN: 18636713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-013-0328-z     Document Type: Article

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