Expanding clinicians’ armamentarium for regional pain control after thoracic surgery

[摘要] Significant post-operative pain is a major issue in thoracic surgery patients. As the most common symptom after thoracic surgery, uncontrolled pain can have myriad negative sequelae, from reduced pulmonary function, poor mobilization and increased length of stay to elevated risk of developing chronic pain and new opioid dependence (1,2). Regional anesthesia is a cornerstone of multimodal analgesia in thoracic surgery and it is important for the surgeon, as well as the anesthesiologist, to be intimately familiar with the available options. Optimal regional anesthesia modality is highly-debated.

[学科分类] 呼吸医学

[关键词] Regional anesthesia;thoracic surgery;post-operative pain;block;epidural