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ArticleKardiochirurgia i torakochirurgia polska = Polish journal of cardio-thoracic surgery2023

Modified pericostal suture technique to reduce postoperative pain and provide optimum anatomic restoration after conversion of minimally invasive thoracic surgery to thoracotomy.

Vasileios Leivaditis, Konstantinos Grapatsas, Benjamin Ehle, Manfred Dahm, Antonios Chatzimichalis, Emmanuil Margaritis, Nikolaos Baltayiannis, Nikolaos Charokopos, George Sakellaropoulos, Georgios-Ioannis Verras and 5 more

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Vasileios LeivaditisDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.
Konstantinos GrapatsasDepartment of Thoracic Surgery and Thoracic Endoscopy, Ruhrlandklinik, West German Lung Center, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Benjamin EhleDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Asklepios Lung Clinic Munich-Gauting, Gauting, Germany.
Manfred DahmDepartment of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Westpfalz-Klinikum, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
Antonios ChatzimichalisDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Metaxa Hospital, Piraeus, Greece.
Emmanuil MargaritisDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.
Nikolaos BaltayiannisDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Metaxa Hospital, Piraeus, Greece.
Nikolaos CharokoposDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.
George SakellaropoulosDepartment of Medical Physics, School Of Medicine, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.
Georgios-Ioannis VerrasDepartment of General Surgery, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.
Dimitrios SchizasFirst Department of Surgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Admir MulitaDepartment of Medical Physics, School Of Medicine, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.
Ioannis PanagiotopoulosDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.
Francesk MulitaDepartment of General Surgery, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.
Efstratios KoletsisDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.
University of Patras · GRMetaxa Hospital · GRAsklepios Fachkliniken München-Gauting · DELaiko General Hospital of Athens · GRRuhrlandklinik · DEWestpfalz Klinikum · DE

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Abstract

Minimally invasive thoracic techniques often need to be converted to open thoracotomy. Thoracotomy is associated with severe postoperative pain in 50% of the patients, and this situation can be maintained for a prolonged period. Many efforts have been made to avoid this complication. We propose an easy and fast thoracotomy closure technique to avoid nerve entrapment at the time of chest closure suitable for cases of conversion to thoracotomy after a minimally invasive attempt. The proposed method effectively avoids interference with the intercostal nerve, which remains intact and restores the anatomy of the intercostal space. Efforts to decrease postoperative pain are vital. Thoracic surgeons are the principal health professionals able to deal with operative factors and postoperative pain management. We believe that the use of this easy and fast technique can facilitate excellent anatomic repositioning of the ribs alongside nerve sparing.

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post-thoracotomy pain syndrometechniquethoracotomy

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PMID37937165
PMCPMC10626407
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