Use of Epidural Analgesia in Thoracosurgery

Czech version

Authors: M. Refka; M. Janíková; M. Tonkovičová; M. Šarafín
Authors‘ workplace: Ústav tuberkulózy, pľúcnych chorôb a hrudníkovej chirurgie, Vyšné Hágy, primár MUDr. Michal Šarafín
Published in: Anest. intenziv. Med., , 2000, č. 3, s. 117-120
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Overview

Authors in the retrospective study analyze a group of 776 patients in whom epidural catheter was applied for analgetic management after chestoperation.As the assesment criteria, they observed analgetic effectivity of the method, occurence of serious side effects and complications related to epiduralcatheter application. Applied substances: combination of morphin and bupivacain. They conclude that the use of epidural analgesia as a routine methodin thoracosurgical patients is fully justified for its high effectivity and low occurence of side effects.

Key words:
epidural analgesia – epidural catheter – thoracic surgery

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