Incidence of early persistent pain after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a single-centre prospective cohort study
Early persistent postoperative pain is present in 16.2% of patients after VATS. Acute postoperative pain is the strongest risk factor for developing such persistent pain. This underlines that awareness of clinicians for strategies that optimize postoperative pain management is of utmost importance.
Authors
- R. Arthur Bouwman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2051-5947)
- Rudi M. H. Roumen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0521-1985)
- Ad F. T. M. Verhagen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0852-9681)
- Frank J.C. van den Broek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4828-5725)
- Marcel G. W. Dijkgraaf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0750-8790)
- Louisa N. Spaans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8667-3780)
- Lois Vriens
Institutions
- Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
- Catharina Ziekenhuis (NL)
- Radboud University Medical Center (NL)
- Máxima Medisch Centrum (NL)
- GGD Amsterdam (NL)
- Amsterdam University Medical Centers (NL)
- Eindhoven University of Technology (NL)
- University of Amsterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Thoracic Disease
- Published
- 2024-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.21037/jtd-24-802
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.68