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Continuous surgical multi-level extrapleural block for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a retrospective study assessing its efficacy as pain relief following lobectomy and wedge resection
2018-11-12
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<h4>Background: </h4> Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) causes less postoperative pain than thoracotomy; however, adequate analgesia remains vital. As part of a multi-modal postoperative analgesia, a continuous surgeon-placed extrapleural block catheter is an option. The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the analgesic efficacy of a continuous extrapleural block as part of a multimodal analg...
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- d66db117-d01e-591e-b94c-e36b6ac34132
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- 10.12688/f1000research.16857.1
