This study is to evaluate the optimal postoperative analgesia modality (patient controlled analgesia,paravertebral nerve block, and intercostal nerve cryoablation) after minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum (MIRPE) using a randomized control trial.
The study is to learn more about treating pain after having a minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum while randomly assigning different pain methods that are typically used for this procedure.
All patients with a pectus excavatum deformity that will undergo a MIRPE procedure.
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