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Impact of interpleural analgesia on respiratory function after transthoracic spine surgery.

Local anaesthesia produced lowerpain scores vs. tramadol (p<0, 05), with 72% of patients in the catheter group requiring no tramadol in the following hour and first 3 days. A general increase in the PaO2 was observed (81% preoperatively vs. 94% postoperatively), correlating with haemoglobin and haematocrit was observed. No statistically signifficant difference was observed in the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting.

spine surgery; transthoracic; analgesia; postoperative; respiratory function

DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2004.07.210