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SUBMITTER: Kinney MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3200555 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kinney Michelle A O MA Mantilla Carlos B CB Carns Paul E PE Passe Melissa A MA Brown Michael J MJ Hooten W Michael WM Curry Timothy B TB Long Timothy R TR Wass C Thomas CT Wilson Peter R PR Weingarten Toby N TN Huntoon Marc A MA Rho Richard H RH Mauck William D WD Pulido Juan N JN Allen Mark S MS Cassivi Stephen D SD Deschamps Claude C Nichols Francis C FC Shen K Robert KR Wigle Dennis A DA Hoehn Sheila L SL Alexander Sherry L SL Hanson Andrew C AC Schroeder Darrell R DR
Pain practice : the official journal of World Institute of Pain 20110616 3
<h4>Background</h4>The role of preoperative gabapentin in postoperative pain management is not clear, particularly in patients receiving regional blockade. Patients undergoing thoracotomy benefit from epidural analgesia but still may experience significant postoperative pain. We examined the effect of preoperative gabapentin in thoracotomy patients.<h4>Methods</h4>Adults undergoing elective thoracotomy were enrolled in this prospective, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study, and r ...[more]