The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 1 , Pages 39-44.e2 , July 2010

Double-bar application decreases postoperative pain after the Nuss procedure

  • Tomohisa Nagaso, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Tomohisa Nagasao, MD, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keio University Hospital, Shinjuku-Ward Shinanomachi 35, Tokyo, Japan.
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  • Junpei Miyamoto, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Kiyokazu Kokaji, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Ryohei Yozu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Hua Jiang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic Surgery, Shanghai Second Military Medical College, ChangZheng Hospital, Shanghai, China
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  • HongMei Jin

      Affiliations

    • TOYOTA Central Research Institute, Nippon, Japan
    • ,
  • Tamotsu Tamaki, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Nippon Institute of Technology, Nippon, Japan

Received 19 June 2009 ,Revised 6 November 2009 ,Accepted 13 December 2009.

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 Part of the present study was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (C-21500453).

 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(09)01633-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.12.027

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 1 , Pages 39-44.e2 , July 2010

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