MARMARA MEDICAL JOURNAL, cilt.34, sa.3, ss.260-266, 2021 (ESCI)
Objectives: Thoracotomy causes intense postoperative pain which may become chronic. Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) leads to less postoperative pain compared with thoracotomy. In this study, we analyzed pain scores in patients who underwent lung resections with VATS or thoracotomy.