title: Choices in pain management following thoracotomy.
abstract: Effective analgesia and blockade of the perioperative stress response may improve outcome and accelerate recovery following thoracic surgery. Although different approaches can achieve the same goal, it seems that a multimodal pain management based on the use of synergistic drugs provides better analgesia. The route of administration of the postoperative analgesic drugs is important, and epidural analgesia plays a role in the reduction of pulmonary complications.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Peeters-Asdourian
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013908:Thoracotomy