Complete analgesia during pleurodesis under thoracic epidural anesthesia.
Pain during pleurodesis is frequently severe and poorly suppressed with intravenous narcotics and/or local anesthetic installation. Epidural analgesia is very effective for all types of severe pain including surgical anesthesia, yet has not been reported in treating pleurodesis pain. Thoracic epidural can be safely and extremely effectively utilized when neural pathways are considered, as this case history demonstrates.
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Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.
D000328:Adult; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000517:prevention & control; D018700:Pleurodesis / Q000009:adverse effects; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000628:therapy; D012008:Recurrence