Paravertebral block via the surgical field versus epidural block for patients undergoing thoracotomy: a randomized clinical trial

• Published in: Surgery today (Tokyo, Japan) Vol. 43; no. 9; pp. 963 - 969
• Main Authors: Kobayashi, Rei, Mori, Shoichi, Wakai, Kenji, Fukumoto, Koichi, Saito, Takuya, Katayama, Tatsuya, Nakata, Junya, Fukui, Takayuki, Ito, Simon, Abe, Tetsuya, Hatooka, Shunzo, Hosoda, Renko, Mitsudomi, Tetsuya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo Springer Japan 01.09.2013
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Anesthesia, Epidural; Female; Humans; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Nerve Block - methods; Original Article; Pain, Postoperative - diagnosis; Pain, Postoperative - prevention & control; Surgery; Surgical Oncology; Thoracotomy; Time Factors; Young Adult; Thoracotomy; Anesthesia; Pain

Purpose A paravertebral block (PVB) given via the surgical field can be safer and technically simpler than an epidural block (EP) for postoperative pain control. We conducted this clinical trial to confirm the effectiveness of PVB after thoracotomy. Methods In this non-inferiority trial, patients we...