Ipsilateral Shoulder Pain After Thoracotomy with Epidural Analgesia: The Influence of Phrenic Nerve Infiltration with Lidocaine

D. A. Scawn, N.; H. Pennefather, Stephen; S Soorae, A; Y. Y. Wang, Julian; N. Russell, Glenn

doi:10.1097/00000539-200108000-00004

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Ipsilateral Shoulder Pain After Thoracotomy with Epidural Analgesia: The Influence of Phrenic Nerve Infiltration with Lidocaine

Published in Anesthesia & Analgesia • Aug 1, 2001

Authors:

N. D. A. Scawn

Stephen H. Pennefather

A S Soorae

Abstract

UNLABELLED: Patients receiving effective thoracic epidural analgesia for postthoracotomy pain may still complain of severe ipsilateral shoulder pain. The etiology of this pain is unclear. In this randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study, we investigated the effect of phrenic nerve infilt...

Subject

Medicine

Lidocaine

Anesthesia

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