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Intraoperative cryoanalgesia for postthoracotomy pain relief. 1989

L C Müller, and G M Salzer, and G Ransmayr, and A Neiss

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Second University Surgical Clinic, Innsbruck University, Austria.

In a randomized study, 63 patients were investigated for the benefits of cryoanalgesia after thoracotomy. Analgesia and its dependent effects such as enhancement of mobility, respiratory function, and reduced need of narcotics were evaluated. No significant differences in these variables were observed between the cryoanalgesia group and the control group. However, moderate to severe neuralgia was found in a number of patients in the cryoanalgesia group in the late postoperative period. Cryoanalgesia for pain relief after thoracotomy is not recommended.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007036	Hypothermia, Induced	Abnormally low BODY TEMPERATURE that is intentionally induced in warm-blooded animals by artificial means. In humans, mild or moderate hypothermia has been used to reduce tissue damages, particularly after cardiac or spinal cord injuries and during subsequent surgeries.	Induced Hypothermia,Mild Hypothermia, Induced,Moderate Hypothermia, Induced,Targeted Temperature Management,Therapeutic Hypothermia,Hypothermia, Therapeutic,Induced Mild Hypothermia,Induced Mild Hypothermias,Induced Moderate Hypothermia,Induced Moderate Hypothermias,Mild Hypothermias, Induced,Moderate Hypothermias, Induced,Targeted Temperature Managements
D007430	Intraoperative Care	Patient care procedures performed during the operation that are ancillary to the actual surgery. It includes monitoring, fluid therapy, medication, transfusion, anesthesia, radiography, and laboratory tests.	Care, Intraoperative
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D009437	Neuralgia	Intense or aching pain that occurs along the course or distribution of a peripheral or cranial nerve.	Nerve Pain,Neurodynia,Paroxysmal Nerve Pain,Neuralgia, Atypical,Neuralgia, Iliohypogastric Nerve,Neuralgia, Ilioinguinal,Neuralgia, Perineal,Neuralgia, Stump,Neuralgia, Supraorbital,Neuralgia, Vidian,Neuropathic Pain,Atypical Neuralgia,Atypical Neuralgias,Iliohypogastric Nerve Neuralgia,Iliohypogastric Nerve Neuralgias,Ilioinguinal Neuralgia,Ilioinguinal Neuralgias,Nerve Neuralgia, Iliohypogastric,Nerve Neuralgias, Iliohypogastric,Nerve Pain, Paroxysmal,Nerve Pains,Nerve Pains, Paroxysmal,Neuralgias,Neuralgias, Atypical,Neuralgias, Iliohypogastric Nerve,Neuralgias, Ilioinguinal,Neuralgias, Perineal,Neuralgias, Stump,Neuralgias, Supraorbital,Neuralgias, Vidian,Neurodynias,Neuropathic Pains,Pain, Nerve,Pain, Neuropathic,Pain, Paroxysmal Nerve,Pains, Nerve,Pains, Neuropathic,Pains, Paroxysmal Nerve,Paroxysmal Nerve Pains,Perineal Neuralgia,Perineal Neuralgias,Stump Neuralgia,Stump Neuralgias,Supraorbital Neuralgia,Supraorbital Neuralgias,Vidian Neuralgia,Vidian Neuralgias
D010149	Pain, Postoperative	Pain during the period after surgery.	Acute Post-operative Pain,Acute Postoperative Pain,Chronic Post-operative Pain,Chronic Post-surgical Pain,Chronic Postoperative Pain,Chronic Postsurgical Pain,Pain, Post-operative,Persistent Postsurgical Pain,Post-operative Pain,Post-operative Pain, Acute,Post-operative Pain, Chronic,Post-surgical Pain,Postoperative Pain, Acute,Postoperative Pain, Chronic,Postsurgical Pain,Postoperative Pain,Acute Post operative Pain,Chronic Post operative Pain,Chronic Post surgical Pain,Chronic Postsurgical Pains,Pain, Acute Post-operative,Pain, Acute Postoperative,Pain, Chronic Post-operative,Pain, Chronic Post-surgical,Pain, Chronic Postoperative,Pain, Chronic Postsurgical,Pain, Persistent Postsurgical,Pain, Post operative,Pain, Post-surgical,Pain, Postsurgical,Post operative Pain,Post operative Pain, Acute,Post operative Pain, Chronic,Post surgical Pain,Post-operative Pains,Post-surgical Pain, Chronic,Postsurgical Pain, Chronic,Postsurgical Pain, Persistent
D011897	Random Allocation	A process involving chance used in therapeutic trials or other research endeavor for allocating experimental subjects, human or animal, between treatment and control groups, or among treatment groups. It may also apply to experiments on inanimate objects.	Randomization,Allocation, Random
D004311	Double-Blind Method	A method of studying a drug or procedure in which both the subjects and investigators are kept unaware of who is actually getting which specific treatment.	Double-Masked Study,Double-Blind Study,Double-Masked Method,Double Blind Method,Double Blind Study,Double Masked Method,Double Masked Study,Double-Blind Methods,Double-Blind Studies,Double-Masked Methods,Double-Masked Studies,Method, Double-Blind,Method, Double-Masked,Methods, Double-Blind,Methods, Double-Masked,Studies, Double-Blind,Studies, Double-Masked,Study, Double-Blind,Study, Double-Masked
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man