Pediatric Integrative Medicine and Pediatric Palliative Care. These two disciplines have similar philosophies, both being grounded in the desire to decrease pain and suffering.

The Nuss procedure to correct pectus excavatum is associated with severe postoperative pain. The purpose of this retrospective study was to compare pain management outcomes of thoracic epidural analgesia and continuous infusion of local anesthetic (CILA) with and without preoperative self-hypnosis training (SHT) after Nuss procedure (4 treatment groups).