Abstract
The thoracoscopic placement of Nuss pectus bars for the correction of pectus excavatum is a painful procedure., which poses a challenge for the thoracic anaesthetist. Adequate pain management can expedite post-operative recovery and reduce complications. It may also prevent the development of chronic post-operative pain. Previously thoracic epidural analgesia has been favoured by centres in North America and Europe, but there is tendency to move away from this in favour of a multimodal approach to analagesia, including regional blockade, opiate infusions and patient-controlled analagesia, with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, paracetamol and other novel analgesics given in addition for their synergistic and opiate sparing effects
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Ashley, E.M.C. (2016). Pain Management in the Surgical Correction of Chest Wall Deformities. In: Kolvekar, S., Pilegaard, H. (eds) Chest Wall Deformities and Corrective Procedures. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23968-2_11
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