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
- newly diagnosed
- neuropathic pain
- minimally invasive
- thoracic surgery
- prognostic factors
- drug induced
- emergency department
- early onset
- surgical site infection
- heart failure
- patient reported outcomes
- coronary artery disease
- aortic valve
- combination therapy
- replacement therapy