Cryoanalgesia in the management of pain after thoracotomy.
AUTOR(ES)
Glynn, C J
RESUMO
The demand for postoperative analgesia was compared between 29 patients treated with cryoanalgesia to the relevant intercostal nerves during thoracotomy and a control group who did not have cryoanalgesia. The cryoanalgesia group required significantly less (p < 0.005) postoperative analgesia than did the control group.