%0 Journal Article %T Effect of preoperative pregabalin in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery %A Matsutani, Noriyuki %A Seki, Nobuhiko %J Journal of Thoracic Disease %D 2018 %B 2018 %9 %! Effect of preoperative pregabalin in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery %K %X Severe postoperative pain develops with high frequency in 40–80% of patients after thoracic surgery (1-4). The pain is usually caused by factors such as inflammation of the pleura, intercostal damage, and iatrogenic rib fracture (5). Postoperative pain consists of nociceptive pain and neuropathic pain (6). %U https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/24326 %P S4028-S4030 %@ 2077-6624