Pain trajectories after bilateral orthotopic lung transplantation surgery performed via a clamshell incision.
Negmeldeen MamounMorgan A RosserMichael ManningKarthik RaghunathanSharon McCartneySachin MehtaKrista IngleBrandi A BottigerPublished in: Clinical transplantation (2024)
Despite the extensive nature of a clamshell incision, most pain trajectories in BOLT patients had a well-controlled stable pain profile. The benign nature of pain profiles in our patient population may be attributed to the routine institutional practice of early thoracic epidural analgesia for BOLT patients unless contraindicated.
Keyphrases
- chronic pain
- pain management
- end stage renal disease
- neuropathic pain
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- spinal cord
- prognostic factors
- healthcare
- peritoneal dialysis
- primary care
- case report
- spinal cord injury
- patient reported outcomes
- postoperative pain
- coronary artery disease
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- clinical practice
- coronary artery bypass