The impact of epidural analgesia compared to systemic opioid-based analgesia with regard to length of hospital stay and recovery of bowel function: retrospective evaluation of 1555 patients undergoing thoracotomy

BACKGROUND: To assess the protocols of epidural analgesia versus systemic opioid-based analgesia retrospectively in 1555 thoracotomies in our thoracic centre during 2011–2013. METHODS: Pain therapy is aggressive and standardized in our thoracic centre thoughout the complete postoperative stay. Patie...

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Autores principales: Kampe, Sandra, Weinreich, Gerhard, Darr, Christopher, Eicker, Kolja, Stamatis, Georgios, Hachenberg, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4246432/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25417134
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-014-0175-8

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