Open AccessPostoperative pain in thoracic surgery: re-evaluating the benefits of VATS when coupled with epidural analgesia
Author(s) -
Toshiro Obuchi,
Yasuhiro Yoshida,
Toshihiko Moroga,
Naofumi Miyahara,
Atsushi Iwasaki
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2017.09.133
Subject(s) - medicine , thoracotomy , anesthesia , visual analogue scale , postoperative pain , surgery , cardiothoracic surgery
In order to evaluate the reduced postoperative pain of complete video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (cVATS), a study was conducted to compare acute postoperative pain between cVATS and open thoracotomy employing continuous epidural analgesia (EA).