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Neurological sequelae after cryoanalgesia for thoracotomy pain relief
N Johannesen1, G Madsen, P Ahlburg
1Department of Surgery and Anaesthesiology, Vijle Hospital, Denmark.
Annales Chirurgiae Et Gynaecologiae
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
Twenty-two patients treated with cryoanalgesia of the intercostal nerves in connection with thoracic surgery were re-examined with special attention to possible late neurological sequelae. Half of the patients had some degree of hypoaesthesia in the scar or the adjacent skin segment, but apart from one patient (a known morphine addict) none of the patients had any neurological complaints.
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