The role of intercostal nerve preservation in acute pain control after thoracotomy

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether the acute pain experienced during in-hospital recovery from thoracotomy can be effectively reduced by the use of intraoperative measures (dissection of the neurovascular bundle prior to the positioning of the Finochietto retractor and preservation of the intercostal n...

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Main Authors: Marco Aurélio Marchetti-Filho, Luiz Eduardo Villaça Leão, Altair da Silva Costa-Junior
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2014-04-01
Series:Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-37132014000200164&lng=en&tlng=en