Trial reportSurgery today2015
Comparison of the analgesic effects of cryoanalgesia vs. parecoxib for lung cancer patients after lobectomy.
Trial report in Surgery today, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Intercostal Nerve Cryoablation Therapy in Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery for Postoperative Pain Management: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Interdisciplinary cardiovascular and thoracic surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Pain management after open thoracotomy 2025: procedure-specific postoperative pain management (PROSPECT) recommendations.Anaesthesia · 2026Pooled it
- Cryoanalgesia for pain management after open thoracotomy.Anaesthesia · 2026Article
- Intercostal Nerve Cryoablation and Pain Outcomes in Robotic Lung Surgery.Annals of thoracic surgery short reports · 2026Article
- The Assessment of a Novel Endoscopic Ultrasound-Compatible Cryocatheter to Ablate Pancreatic Cancer.Biomedicines · 2024Article
- The applications of cryoneurolysis for acute and chronic pain management.Pain practice : the official journal of World Institute of Pain · 2023Review
- Regional anesthesia for thoracic surgery: a narrative review of indications and clinical considerations.Journal of thoracic disease · 2022Review
- Cryoanalgesia for postsurgical pain relief in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2021Review
- Analgesia for Sheep in Commercial Production: Where to Next?Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Review
- Limited thoracotomy for segmentectomy: a comparison of postoperative pain with thoracoscopic lobectomy.Surgery today · 2016Article
- Novel management of postoperative pain using only oral analgesics after LADG.Surgery today · 2016Article
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11 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
This study was designed to compare the analgesic effects of cryoanalgesia and parecoxib in lung cancer patients after lobectomy. A total of 178 lung cancer patients awaiting large-sized lobectomy were enrolled in the study. The patients were randomly divided into Group A (intercostal nerve cryoanalgesia) and Group B (parecoxib). The analgesic and adverse effects were compared between the two groups. The pain score of Group A was significantly lower than that of Group B (P < 0.05). The patients in Group A used significantly less morphine than those in Group B (P < 0.05). There were also significantly fewer complications in Group A than in Group B (P < 0.05). Cryoanalgesia of the intercostal nerves can be considered an economical, safe and simple technique for the long-term management of post-lobectomy pain.
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