LIU Dan 1,2 , QU Xinming 1 , QIN Wei 1 , GAO Ke 3
  • 1. Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P.R.China;
  • 2. First Department of Surgery, The Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Anyue, 642350, Sichuan, P.R.China;
  • 3. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second People's Hospital of Chengdu, Chengdu, 610017, P.R.China;
GAO Ke, Email: dr.gaoke@hotmail.com
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Objective  To analyze the outcome of fast track surgery after intercostal nerve block (INB) during thoracoscopic resection of lung bullae. Methods  We recuited 76 patients who accepted thoracoscopic resection of lung bullae from February 2013 to March 2015. They were randomly divided into two groups: an intercostal nerve block and intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (INB+IPCA) group, in which 38 patients (30 males, 8 females, with a mean age of 23.63±4.10 years) received INB intraoperatively and IPCA postoperatively, and a postoperative intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IPCA) group, in which 38 patients (33 males, 5 females, with a mean age of 24.93±6.34 years) only received IPCA postoperatively. Their general clinical data and the postoperative pain visual analogue scale (VAS) were recorded. Analgesia-associated side effects, rate of the pulmonary infection were observed. Expenses associated with analgesia during hospital were calculated. Results  The score of VAS, the incidence of nausea and vomiting, fatigue and other side effects, pulmonary atelectasis and the infection rate in the INB+IPCA group were significantly lower than those in the IPCA group. Postoperative use of analgesic drugs was significantly less than that in the IPCA group. Medical expenses did not significantly increase. Conclusion  INB+IPCA is beneficial for fast track surgery after thoracoscopic resection of lung bullae.

Citation: LIU Dan, QU Xinming, QIN Wei, GAO Ke. Outcome of fast track surgery after intercostal nerve block during thoracoscopic resection of lung bullae: A randomized controlled trial. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2017, 24(9): 696-700. doi: 10.7507/1007-4848.201611034 Copy

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