Ultrasound-Assisted Thoracic Paravertebral Block Reduces Intraoperative Opioid Requirement and Improves Analgesia after Breast Cancer Surgery: A Randomized, Controlled, Single-Center Trial.

The contribution of ultrasound-assisted thoracic paravertebral block to postoperative analgesia remains unclear. We compared the effect of a combination of ultrasound assisted-thoracic paravertebral block and propofol general anesthesia with opioid and sevoflurane general anesthesia on volatile anes...

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Main Authors: Lijian Pei, Yidong Zhou, Gang Tan, Feng Mao, Dongsheng Yang, Jinghong Guan, Yan Lin, Xuejing Wang, Yanna Zhang, Xiaohui Zhang, Songjie Shen, Zhonghuang Xu, Qiang Sun, Yuguang Huang, Outcomes Research Consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4654480?pdf=render