Postoperative Pain Control by Intercostal Nerve Block After Augmentation Mammoplasty
Open Access
- 8 August 2017
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
- Vol. 41 (5) , 1031-1036
Abstract
In breast augmentation with implant, there is severe pain due to damage from expansion of breast tissue and the pectoralis major. Therefore, the authors conducted this study to analyze the effectiveness of postoperative intercostal nerve block (ICNB) in reducing postoperative pain after breast augmentation with implant.Keywords
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