General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
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Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · Jan 2016
Novel paravertebral block during single-incision thoracoscopic surgery for primary spontaneous pneumothorax.
Recently, the use of paravertebral block (PVB) during thoracic surgery has been re-evaluated, as it is not inferior to epidural anaesthesia for postoperative pain control, and has been associated with fewer complications (e.g., hematoma of epidural, hypotension, urinary retention, postoperative nausea and vomiting). No reports have described intraoperative catheterization for PVB during single-incision thoracoscopic surgery (SITS) as distinct from thoracotomy or multi-ports video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. ⋯ Our novel technique is both easy and safe. It is ideal to combine PVB with SITS because both methods are less invasive.