Open AccessPostoperative pain management in patients undergoing thoracoscopic repair of pectus excavatum: A retrospective analysis of opioid consumption and adverse effects in adolescents
Author(s) -
Ralph J. Beltran,
Giorgio Veneziano,
Tarun Bhalla,
Brian D. Kenney,
Dmitry Tumin,
Bruno Bissonnette,
Joseph D. Tobias
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
saudi journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.416
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1658-354X
pISSN - 0975-3125
DOI - 10.4103/sja.sja_339_17
Subject(s) - medicine , pectus excavatum , anesthesia , nuss procedure , opioid , morphine , adverse effect , retrospective cohort study , incidence (geometry) , surgery , physics , receptor , optics
Although the Nuss procedure provides excellent cosmetic results for the correction of pectus excavatum, the provision of analgesia following such procedures can be challenging.