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  • Title: [Management of pain after thoracotomy: experience of intercostal nerve block with alcohol during operation].
    Author: Sasai T, Sakakibara S, Kaji M, Nitta T, Masaki Y, Yajima T, Gomibuchi M, Tanaka S, Shouji T.
    Journal: Kyobu Geka; 1991 Feb; 44(2):132-4. PubMed ID: 2008052.
    Abstract:
    Post-thoracotomy wound pain in 11 patients who underwent thoracic operation was controlled by intercostal nerve block with alcohol and thoracic epidural anesthesia. The intercostal nerve block was performed just before the closure of the thoracotomy wound. Epidural anesthesia was employed from the 1st to 5th post operative day. This method alleviated post-thoracotomy pain and obviated postoperative pulmonary complication in all patients in early post operative periods. In late post operative periods after discharge, intercostal nerve block could maintain excellent analgesia in 9 of 11 patients, only 2 patients required analgesic drugs or re-block of the intercostal nerve. Thus, intercostal nerve block with alcohol is an effective and simple option to control recalcitrant post-thoracotomy wound pain in thoracic surgery.
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