Nuss Procedure: Clinical Options in Pediatric Pain Management?

A programable electronically controlled infusion pump that delivers an amount of intravenous analgesic when the patient presses a button.

Continuous thoracic epidural infusions (TE) involves continuous infusion of drugs through a catheter placed into the epidural space, resulting in a loss of sensation-including the sensation of pain-by blocking the transmission of signals through nerve fibers in or near the spinal cord.

Continuous paravertebral blockade (PVB) is the technique of injecting local anesthetic adjacent to the thoracic vertebra that anesthetizes the spinal nerve roots after they exit the spinal canal.