Attila Farkas, Tímea Csókási, Csongor Fabó, Zsolt Szabó, Judit Lantos, Balázs Pécsy, György Lázár, Ferenc Rárosi, László Kecskés, József Furák
INTRODUCTION: Patients undergoing thoracic surgery are at increased risk of developing, long-lasting pain. Beyond the non-surgical factors, the type of operation, including the number of incisions, and the anesthetic assessment seemed to be important factors, although some studies are controversial. The aim of our study was to examine the presence of chronic postoperative pain after non-intubated uniportal VATS lobectomy. We examined the difference between the intubated, relaxed and non-intubated spontaneous ventilation surgical approaches in patients who underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) uniportal lobectomy...
2023: Frontiers in Surgery