Early postoperative pain after subxiphoid uniportal thoracoscopic major lung resection: a prospective, single- blinded, randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Preoperative selection bias led to the inability to generalize the proposed benefit of subxiphoid uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (SVATS) as having less postoperative pain than uniportal intercostal VATS. So, we conducted this prospective, single-blinded, randomized controlled trial to investigate the hypothesis that SVATS may have less early postoperative pain than UVATS in patients who undergo major lung resection for early-stage lung cancer.

Methodsa total of

262 patients were randomly allocated between 2 groups (each with 131 patients), the first being the UVATS group and the second being the SVATS group. The values indicated on the numerical rating scale (NRS) of pain were collected at 24 h and 48 h during rest and during coughing. In addition,

SUBMITTER: Chen Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9245390 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature