Postoperative pain management in pediatric patients undergoing minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum: the role of intercostal block.

Purpose: There are no published data regarding value of intercostal block following pectus excavatum repair. Our aim was to evaluate the efficacy of intercostal block in children following minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum (MIRPE).

Methods: Forty-five patients given patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) with morphine postoperatively were studied.

Assessment of a questionnaire for breast cancer case-control studies.

The aim of the present study was to assess criterion validity and external reliability of a questionnaire on risk factors for breast cancer. Materials and Methods. Women with breast cancer diagnosis (the cases) (N=40) and matched individuals without cancer (the controls) (N=40) were asked to fill in a questionnaire twice: on a day of admission to hospital (Q1) and on a day before discharge (Q2), with a time interval of 4-6 days.

Systemic postoperative pain management following minimally invasive pectus excavatum repair in children and adolescents: a retrospective comparison of intravenous patient-controlled analgesia and continuous infusion with morphine.

Purpose: Optimal postoperative pain management following minimally invasive surgical repair of pectus excavatum is not established. We compared efficacy and adverse effects in patients treated with patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) with those treated with continuous infusion (CI) with morphine in addition to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

Methods: 33 patient records were examined retrospectively: 21 given PCA and 12 CI with morphine.