A comparison of thoracic or lumbar patient-controlled epidural analgesia methods after thoracic surgery

SAĞIROĞLU G., Meydan B., Copuroglu E., Baysal A., YÖRÜK Y., Karamustafaoglu Y. A., ...More

WORLD JOURNAL OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY, vol.12, 2014 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 12
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.1186/1477-7819-12-96
  • Journal Name: WORLD JOURNAL OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Keywords: Thoracic epidural analgesia, Lumbar epidural analgesia, Cardiac enzymes, Visual analog scale
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Background: We aimed to compare patient-controlled thoracic or lumbar epidural analgesia methods after thoracotomy operations.