Acute and Chronic Pain After Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Lung Cancer

Postoperative pain after thoracic surgery has gained recognition as a adverse outcome and head-scratching problem. The incidence of choric postoperative pain (CPSP) in thoracic surgery has been reported to be 20%-80%. However, there has been not an standard treatment for CPSP. Many study has showed the risk factors of CPSP in thoracic surgery, such as VATS type, operation time, duration of drainage, preoperative pain, repeat surgery, gender, postoperative chemotherapy or radiation therapy , etc. It is important that moderate-to-severe acute postoperative pain will be transformed into CPSP. That offers a new management goal in postoperative pain prevention.CT-guided hookwire localization have been proven to be benefical for VATS to diagnose and treat small pulmonary , it can shorten operation timing and increase surgery success rate. However, it causes roughly 23.8% severe pain and complaints included wire dislodgement, pneumothorax and haemorrhage during and after insertion. The question is whether or not the moderate-to-severe acute postoperative pain from hookwire localition will change the incidence and intensity of CPSP in VATS. Nurses play a pivotal role in advanced practice, research, and education in the field of pain management. The pain management of hookwire localization may be a new vison in further research.