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

Surgery Today

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 963-969

  Kobayashi, Rei ^a   Mori, Shoichi ^c   Wakai, Kenji ^d   Fukumoto, Koichi ^b   Saito, Takuya ^b   Katayama, Tatsuya ^b   Nakata, Junya ^b   Fukui, Takayuki ^b   Ito, Simon ^b   Abe, Tetsuya ^b   Hatooka, Shunzo ^b   Hosoda, Renko ^b   Mitsudomi, Tetsuya ^b  

^a SAISEIKAI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c JAPANESE RED CROSS NAGOYA FIRST HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Pain; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; FENTANYL; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; ROCURONIUM; ROPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE; THIAMYLAL; THIOPENTAL; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARAVERTEBRAL ANESTHESIA; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REST; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; THORACOTOMY; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882254183     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-012-0485-1     Document Type: Article

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