Mitigating the Impact of Acute and Chronic Post-thoracotomy Pain

MODERN THORACIC SURGERY is used to treat a wide variety of disease states ranging from infectious diseases to malignancies. Thoracotomy and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) can be associated with significant pain, which may negatively impact patient recovery, rehabilitation, and overall satisfaction with medical care as well as potentially lead to chronic postsurgical pain syndromes, underscoring the importance of optimizing pain control. Strategies for acute postoperative pain control and for the treatment of chronic postsurgical pain after thoracic surgery will be discussed. Erratum to the August 2014 issue of the Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia: J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 28(4), 2015Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular AnesthesiaVol. 29Issue 4PreviewIt was discovered that the original online version of the issue contained errors in pagination. The Publisher decided to ‘resupply’ (repost and replace) the XML and online PDF of the issue. The print version of the issue contained the correct folios at the time of printing. Full-Text PDF