Open AccessEfficacy of Perioperative Intercostal Analgesia via a Multimodal Analgesic Regimen for Chronic Post-Thoracotomy Pain During Postoperative Follow-Up: A Big-Data, Intelligence Platform-Based Analysis
Author(s) -
Yijin Yu,
Liping Cui,
Qian Lü,
Min Lei,
Qiyu Bao,
Qingxin Zeng,
Chen Zhao,
Shaohua Xu,
Junran Xie
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of pain research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.888
H-Index - 49
ISSN - 1178-7090
DOI - 10.2147/jpr.s303610
Subject(s) - medicine , intercostal nerves , anesthesia , analgesic , perioperative , ropivacaine , neuropathic pain , thoracotomy , surgery , chronic pain , regimen , psychiatry
Chronic post-thoracotomy pain is still an obstacle for lung-cancer patients even after less invasive surgical procedures. It is unclear whether intercostal analgesia is as useful in the prevention of postoperative chronic pain as it is for acute pain for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of perioperative intercostal analgesia for chronic pain via a multimodal analgesic regimen for VATS during 6 months of postoperative follow-up.