Minimal incidence of chronic and neuropathic postthoracotomy pain after anteroaxillary thoracotomy with consequent systemic pain therapy

Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2014 Sep;31(9):508-11. doi: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e328365bb8d.

Authors

Sandra Kampe¹, Dirk Lüttecke, Karsten Wolter, Danjouma H Cheufou, Georgios Stamatis

Affiliation

¹ From the Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Ruhrlandklinik, West German Lung Center - University Hospital Essen (SK), Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne (DL), Department of Radiology, University of Bonn (KW), and Department of Thoracic Surgery and Thoracic Endoscopy, Ruhrlandklinik, West German Lung Center - University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany (DHC, GS).

PMID: 24145805
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e328365bb8d

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Analgesics / therapeutic use
Chronic Pain / drug therapy
Chronic Pain / epidemiology*
Chronic Pain / etiology
Female
Humans
Incidence
Male
Neuralgia / drug therapy
Neuralgia / epidemiology*
Neuralgia / etiology
Pain, Postoperative / drug therapy
Pain, Postoperative / epidemiology*
Prospective Studies
Surveys and Questionnaires
Thoracotomy / methods*

Substances

Analgesics