Alleviating Thoracotomy Pain With Intercostal Liposomal Bupivacaine: A Case Report

Saby, Adam; Swaminathan, Kavitha; Pangarkar, Sanjog; Tribuzio, Bianca

doi:10.1016/j.pmrj.2016.06.003

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“…Finally, rehabilitation interventions are also needed for specific impairments, such as post‐thoracotomy pain, for which pharmacologic [52,53] and procedural interventions [54,55] administered by a physiatrist may reduce symptom burden. Other musculoskeletal conditions associated with lung cancer, including management of the malignant spine, would benefit from physiatric management [56].…”

Section: Rehabilitation Interventions For Lung Cancer: a Changing Rolmentioning

confidence: 99%

An Evolving Role for Cancer Rehabilitation in the Era of Low‐Dose Lung Computed Tomography Screening

Smith

Khanna

Wisotzky

2017

PM&R

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Lung cancer is the number one cause of cancer-related death worldwide, and is often detected in the later stages. Use of low-dose chest computed tomography in at-risk patients provides earlier detection and is being adopted as the standard screening tool, replacing less precise methods of radiography and sputum cytology. In the past, late detection of disease meant that rehabilitation interventions attempted to salvage function and to improve aerobic capacity to the point where patients could tolerate the sometimes-extensive oncologic treatment, including lobectomy or pneumonectomy. Earlier detection may shift this toward more often addressing specific neuromusculoskeletal impairments, such as postthoracotomy pain or peripheral neuropathy, as patients with early-stage disease may not be as debilitated by chronic disease or metastases as those with late-stage lung cancer. Patients with advanced disease, however, will still require rehabilitation interventions, and this fragile population creates unique challenges. Rehabilitation professionals should look for ways to expand care to lung cancer patients, as both the number of those treated and the 5-year survival rate are expected to increase.

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Section: Rehabilitation Interventions For Lung Cancer: a Changing Rolmentioning

confidence: 99%