Surgery today
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Pregabalin reduces post-surgical pain after thoracotomy: a prospective, randomized, controlled trial.
A new perioperative management method was explored by assessing the safety and the efficacy of pregabalin for the treatment of intercostal neuralgia after thoracotomy. ⋯ Pregabalin is considered to be an effective and safe drug for the treatment of pain after thoracotomy.
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Case Reports
Recurrent intractable hiccups treated by cervical phrenic nerve block under electromyography: report of a case.
Intractable or persistent hiccups require intensive or invasive treatments. The use of a phrenic nerve block or destructive treatment for intractable hiccups has been reported to be a useful and discrete method that might be valuable to patients with this distressing problem and for whom diverse management efforts have failed. We herein report a successful treatment using a removable and adjustable ligature for the phrenic nerve in a patient with recurrent and intractable hiccups, which was employed under the guidance of electromyography.