Feasibility and effectiveness of multi-injection thoracic paravertebral block via the intrathoracic approach for analgesia after thoracoscopic-laparoscopic esophagectomy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We observed the feasibility and effectiveness of multi-injection thoracic paravertebral block (TPB) via the intrathoracic approach under thoracoscopic direct vision for analgesia after thoracoscopic-laparoscopic esophagectomy (TLE).

Methods

Sixty patients undergoing TLE were randomly divided into a control group and an observation group. All patients underwent TPB via the intrathoracic approach at the three levels of T2, 5, and 8 with a scalp needle before closing the chest. The patients in the observation group received 10 ml 0.375% ropivacaine at each level, and the patients in the control group received 10 ml of 0.9% saline at each level. A patient-controlled intravenous analgesic (PCIA) pump with sufentanil was attached to all patients after surgery. The sufen

SUBMITTER: Hu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8172493 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature