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Background and Aims POSTOPERATIVE PAIN IS A SERIOUS EFFECT OF SURGERY AND POOR HANDLING OF IT CAN CAUSE A SERIUOS SIDE EFFECT ESPICIALLY IN THORACIC PATIENTS WHICH CAN LEAD TO PROLONGED HOSPITAL STAY AND THE USE OF MECHANICAL VENTILATION

Methods ITS A CASE STUDY ABOUT A MALE PATIENT WHO WENT THROUGH THORACOTOMY AND THE BENIFITS OF USING THORACIC EPIDURAL PCES FOR CONTROLLING HIS POSTOPERATIVE PAIN

Conclusions USE OF PCEA THROUGH THORACIC EPIDURAL WAS BENFICIAL TO THE PATIENT THAT ALLOWED EARLY EXTUBATION AND LESS HOSPITAL STAY