Regional versus systemic analgesia in video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy: a retrospective analysis

Abstract Background The optimal perioperative analgesic strategy in video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) for anatomic lung resections remains an open issue. Regional analgesic concepts as thoracic paravertebral or epidural analgesia were used as systemic opioid application. We hypothesized that re...

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Main Authors: Benedikt Haager, Daniel Schmid, Joerg Eschbach, Bernward Passlick, Torsten Loop
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-10-01
Series:BMC Anesthesiology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12871-019-0851-2