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Postoperative Analgesia After Pulmonary Resection With a Focus on Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Submitted by

Claire Vernon

Source

Source Name: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx413

Author(s)

Marzia Umari, Valentina Carpanese, Valeria Moro, Gaia Baldo, Stefano Addesa, Enrico Lena, Stefano Lovadina, Umberto Lucangelo

Umari and colleagues appraise approaches to optimize postoperative pain management after pulmonary resection by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. The authors recommend an opioid-sparing multimodal approach, and they discuss loco-regional analgesic techniques, nonopioid analgesics, and perioperative gabapentinoids.