Effect of preoperative pregabalin in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Teikyo University Hospital, Mizonokuchi, Kanagawa, Japan.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

Editorial

Noriyuki Matsutani et al. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Nov.

. 2018 Nov;10(Suppl 33):S4028-S4030.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.09.82.

¹ Department of Surgery, Teikyo University Hospital, Mizonokuchi, Kanagawa, Japan.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Effect of preoperative pregabalin as an adjunct to a multimodal analgesic regimen in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: A randomized controlled trial.
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