Table 1.

Analgesic interventions that are not recommended for pain management in patients undergoing video‐assisted thoracoscopic surgery.

Intervention	Reason for not recommending
Pre‐operative and intra‐operative
Gabapentinoids	Inconsistent evidence
Corticosteroids	Lack of procedure‐specific evidence
Magnesium sulphate	Limited procedure‐specific evidence
Intravenous lidocaine	Lack of procedure‐specific evidence
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation	Inconsistent and limited evidence
Wound infiltration	Limited procedure‐specific evidence
Intrapleural analgesia	Limited procedure‐specific evidence
Intercostal nerves block	Lack of procedure‐specific evidence
Thoracic epidural	Non‐inferiority of less invasive techniques with fewer side‐effects
Postoperative
Gabapentinoids	Inconsistent evidence
Intravenous lidocaine	Lack of procedure‐specific evidence
Dexmedetomidine	Lack of procedure‐specific evidence
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation	Inconsistent and limited evidence