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9917931

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-2-12
pubmed:abstractText
Acute postthoracotomy pain and chronic postthoracotomy pain are significant problems leading to increased length of hospital stay and medical costs, reduction in patient quality of life and patient productivity, and potential immunologic derangement that may compromise oncologic surgical results. Minimally invasive surgical approaches can potentially benefit the patient by reducing postoperative pain-related morbidity. Objective data supporting our inclination that these VATS approaches are superior to open thoracic surgical techniques is accumulating. Further study of the relative costs, risks, and benefits of standard postoperative analgesic management (e.g., epidural analgesia) combined with limited thoracotomy compared to VATS techniques is warranted as we try to define the most effective perioperative management of the patient requiring pulmonary resection.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1052-3359
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
891-906
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Effect of minimally invasive thoracic surgical approaches on acute and chronic postoperative pain.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review