Background: Perioperative opioid use for pain control has been found to be associated with side effects and adverse prognosis. In this study, we hypothesized that paravertebral block could reduce the ...

Background: Percutaneous nephrolithotripsy (PCNL) is the main method for urinary calculi. An anesthesia method with little effect on the blood circulation and which does not affect the postoperative ...

Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical University, Pleven, Bulgaria. The thoracic paravertebral block (TPVB) has been in a real renaissance [1] [2] in recent years. The ...

Background The combination of a thoracic paravertebral block (TPVB) and erector spinae plane block (ESPB) has not been investigated. We aimed to evaluate the effects of the combination of TPVB and ...

Paravertebral block and epidural block are frequently employed for post-thoracotomy pain relief. It is not clear which postoperative analgesia method is effective for the chronic pain after the ...

THE complications following the use of procaine and procaine-like compounds in producing therapeutic and diagnostic paravertebral lumbar sympathetic blocks are infrequently reported in the literature.

Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland. Orkuhúsid Clinic, Rey- kjavik, Iceland. Traditionally breast cancer surgery has been performed ...

A 66-year-old man underwent a left minithoracotomy for pleural biopsies and thoracentesis. A left T3 paravertebral catheter was placed prior to induction of general anaesthesia, and a total of 20 mL ...

OBJECTIVE: Erector spinae plane block is an updated method than paravertebral block, possessing a lower risk of complications. This study aimed to compare erector spinae plane and paravertebral blocks ...

A new study published in Frontiers in Surgery shows that Paravertebral block (PVB) can effectively reduce postoperative pain in kidney surgery patients, especially percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) ...