The Impact of Intraoperative Systemic Lidocaine Infusion on Chronic Postoperative Pain After Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS)

Systemic lidocaine infusion may improve the patients' chronic post surgical pain after video-assisted thoracic surgery

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age between 20 and 65 years
• ASA class 1 and 2
• Patients who are scheduled for video-assisted thoracic surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

• Allergy to local anesthetics or contraindication to use of lidocaine
• Pregnancy
• Severe cardiovascular disease
• Renal failure
• Liver failure
• Neurologic and psychologic disease
• Chronic treatment with analgesics or chronic pain patients
• Previous history of thoracic surgery (open or video-assisted)
• Patients' refusal