Is uniport thoracoscopic surgery less painful than multiple port approaches?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 409-414

  Young, Rebekah ^a   McElnay, Philip ^b   Leslie, Rebecca ^c   West, Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Outcome assessment; Thoracic surgery; Video assisted

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; MORPHINE;

ARTICLE; DRUG USE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; MEDIASTINUM CYST; MINOR SURGERY; MULTIPORT VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; PERIPHERAL LUNG LESION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYMPATHECTOMY; THREE PORT VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; THYMOMA; TWO PORT VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; UNIPORT VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; CASE REPORT; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THORACOSCOPE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOSCOPES;

EID: 84944037003     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivu391     Document Type: Article

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