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A Randomized Controlled Trial of Bupivacaine Through Intracostal Catheters for Pain Management After Thoracotomy  Mark S. Allen, MD, Lisa Halgren, RN,

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1 A Randomized Controlled Trial of Bupivacaine Through Intracostal Catheters for Pain Management After Thoracotomy  Mark S. Allen, MD, Lisa Halgren, RN, Francis C. Nichols, MD, Stephen D. Cassivi, MD, William S. Harmsen, MS, Dennis A. Wigle, MD, K. Robert Shen, MD, Claude Deschamps, MD  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  Volume 88, Issue 3, Pages (September 2009) DOI: /j.athoracsur Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 The positions of the two catheters that infused either saline or bupivacaine are demonstrated. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

3 Fig 2 Average daily narcotic usage. (Bupivacaine = solid line; placebo dotted line.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

4 Fig 3 Average daily pain score. (Bupivacaine = solid line; placebo dotted line.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions


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