Treatment of chronic mini-thoracotomy wound pain and lung herniation with intercostal cryoablation and surgical mesh repair: a case report.
Eun Yeung JungSeok Soo LeePublished in: Journal of cardiothoracic surgery (2024)
Our findings suggest that concurrent IC and mesh repair can effectively relieve chronic post-MT intercostal nerve neuralgia and severe lung herniation pain in patients who underwent MT surgery, leading to a decrease in opioid medication usage.
Keyphrases
- chronic pain
- pain management
- end stage renal disease
- minimally invasive
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- neuropathic pain
- chronic kidney disease
- thoracic surgery
- healthcare
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- squamous cell carcinoma
- coronary artery bypass
- drug induced
- early onset
- locally advanced
- left ventricular
- replacement therapy
- adverse drug
- peripheral nerve
- smoking cessation
- aortic valve replacement
- wound healing