منابع مشابه
Effects of preemptive epidural analgesia on post-thoracotomy pain.
OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine whether preemptive thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA) initiated before surgical incision would reduce the severity of acute post-thoracotomy pain and the incidence of chronic post-thoracotomy pain. METHOD Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). SEARCH STRATEGY MEDLINE, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTR...
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CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Post-thoracotomy pain is a severe and intense pain caused by trauma to ribs, muscles and peripheral nerves. The current study aimed to compare subpleural analgesia (SPA) with thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA) in patients undergoing thoracotomy. DESIGN AND SETTING Randomized study at Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, in Turkey. METHODS Thirty patients prese...
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is commonly used to treat musculoskeletal pain, but it may also be indicated for postoperative analgesia. The objective of this study was to evaluate the analgesic effects of TENS on post-thoracotomy. METHODS Thirty patients between 18 and 60 years of age undergoing thoracotomy for lung cancer resection on the second...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Anaesthesia
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0007-0912
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aef501