Video‐assisted thoracoscopic surgery has become increasingly popular due to faster
recovery times and reduced postoperative pain compared with thoracotomy. However …

Ultrasound-guided interfascial plane blocks are a recent development in modern regional
anesthesia research and practice and represent a new route of transmission for local …

Studies have suggested that quantitative sensory testing (QST) might hold a predictive value
for the development of chronic postoperative pain and the response to pharmacological …

Importance The use of intercostal nerve block (ICNB) analgesia with local anesthesia is
common in thoracic surgery. However, the benefits and safety of ICNB among adult patients …

Local anesthetic wound infiltration (WI) provides anesthesia for minor surgical procedures
and improves postoperative analgesia as part of multimodal analgesia after general or …

BACKGROUND: Chronic opioid use is a significant public health concern. Surgery is a risk
factor for developing chronic opioid use. Patients undergoing major spine surgery frequently …

Chemodynamic therapy (CDT) is a newly emerged, minimally invasive treatment with high
selectivity, few side effects, and good prospects for clinical application. However, CDT does …

Study objective To investigate the effective analgesia for video-assisted thoracic surgery.
Design In this prospective non-inferiority study, we evaluated the postoperative analgesic …

Worldwide, 80% of patients who undergo surgery receive opioid analgesics as the
fundamental agent for pain relief. However, the irrational use of opioids leads to excessive …

Objective The objective of this study was to determine whether erector spinae plane block
(ESPB) can provide an effective analgesia for managing pain after thoracic surgery and …