Is nerve-sparing surgery enough to prevent chronic post-thoracotomy pain?

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Editorial

Kristine Pearson-Chauhan et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 Feb.

. 2019 Feb;11(2):379-381.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.12.109.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

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

Intercostal nerve protection to prevent post-thoracotomy pain.
Ranganathan P, Jiwnani S, Pramesh CS. Ranganathan P, et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 May;11(Suppl 9):S1434-S1435. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.03.64. J Thorac Dis. 2019. PMID: 31245153 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Pain after posterolateral versus nerve-sparing thoracotomy: A randomized trial.
Jiwnani S, Ranganathan P, Patil V, Agarwal V, Karimundackal G, Pramesh CS. Jiwnani S, et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Jan;157(1):380-386. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.07.033. Epub 2018 Jul 27. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019. PMID: 30195601 Clinical Trial.

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