Open AccessComparative study on the analgesic effect of acute ipsilateral shoulder pain after open thoracotomy between preoperative ultrasound guided suprascapular nerve block (SNB) and intraoperative phrenic nerve infiltration (PNI) in cancer lung patients
Author(s) -
Bassel M. Elfokery,
Sahar A. Tawfic,
Abdelrahman M. Abdelrahman,
Di Abbas,
Ikramy M. Abdelghaffar
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of egyptian national cancer institute/journal of the egyptian national cancer institute
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.398
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2589-0409
pISSN - 1110-0362
DOI - 10.1016/j.jnci.2018.01.003
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , bupivacaine , thoracotomy , surgery , analgesic , shoulder surgery , phrenic nerve , nerve block , respiratory system
Acute ipsilateral shoulder pain (ISP) is a common complaint in patients after thoracotomy. The incidence ranges from 21% to 97%. Unfortunately, clinical studies did not put enough focus on ISP post thoracic surgery.