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Comparison of analgesic efficacy and safety of continuous epidural infusion versus local infiltration and systemic opioids in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery decortication in pediatric empyema patients

INTRODUCTION: The stripping of the densely innervated and inflamed parietal pleura in empyema during video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) decortication can lead to significant pain and major postoperative respiratory compromise. Hence, we compared the analgesic efficacy of continuous epidural...

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Autores principales: Karnik, Priyanka Pradeep, Dave, Nandini Malay, Garasia, Madhu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5875212/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29628834
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sja.SJA_659_17