Why the study?
Postoperative thoracic epidural analgesia poses difficulties that may subvert its potential.
Population
3126 patients receiving postoperative thoracic epidural analgesia
Design
Single-center series
Authors
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Supports individualized risk-benefit assessment for thoracic epidural analgesia; leaves open quantification of minor complication effects in larger studies.
While serious complications from postoperative thoracic epidural analgesia are rare, minor complications are frequent enough to negatively impact recovery, highlighting the need for individualized risk-benefit assessments.
Manassero et al. (2020) studied this question.
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