Comparison of cost and outcomes in patients receiving thoracic epidural versus liposomal Bupivacaine for video-assisted thoracoscopic pulmonary resection

DR. CHARLES E. LUCAS (Detroit, Michigan): The authors have presented a video assisted thorascopic pulmonary resection that they're utilizing for pain control a thoracic epidural versus an intraoperative intercostal block. They used historical controls, which is always a problem, but I believe that they're looking at the two groups in a very detailed manner resulted in them having 95 patients in each group that are similar. They demonstrated that the intercostal block utilizing their technique leads to lower pain scores in total.
Source: American Journal of Surgery - Category: Surgery Source Type: research