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Semin. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. · Jan 2012
Extrapleural catheters: an effective alternative for treating postoperative pain for thoracic surgical patients.
- Jacob Hutchins, Robby Sikka, and Richard C Prielipp.
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA. jacob.hutchins@gmail.com
- Semin. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2012 Jan 1;24(1):15-8.
AbstractPain control is an important aspect of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) procedures. Offering an effective and low-risk method of postoperative pain control is thus vital to a patient's recovery. Hotta and colleagues report the results of a clinical study comparing efficacy of epidurals vs extrapleural catheters in VATS procedures. They found that extrapleural catheters provided equivalent postoperative pain relief when compared to thoracic epidural catheters.Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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