The role of liposomal bupivacaine in thoracic surgery.

Hassan Rayaz, E David Bravos, Allan Gottschalk

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Article in Journal of thoracic disease, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

Effect of preoperative thoracic paravertebral block using liposomal bupivacaine combined with drainage-tube patient-controlled analgesia on postoperative pain after thoracoscopic lobectomy: a prospective, multicentre, double-blind, randomized controlled study protocol.Perioperative medicine (London, England) · 2025
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Liposomal bupivacaine intercostal block placed under direct vision reduces morphine use in thoracic surgery.Journal of thoracic disease · 2024
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Anesthetic technique and postoperative pulmonary complications (PPC) after Video Assisted Thoracic (VATS) lobectomy: A retrospective observational cohort study.PloS one · 2024
Observational
Regional anesthesia and acute perioperative pain management in thoracic surgery: a narrative review.Journal of thoracic disease · 2022
Review
Changes in analgesic strategies for lobectomy from 2009 to 2018.JTCVS open · 2021
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Impact of paravertebral blocks on analgesic and non-analgesic outcomes after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: A propensity matched cohort study.PloS one · 2021
Article
Retrospective Assessment of the Use of Liposomal Bupivacaine in Lumbar Fusions in Immediate Postoperative Hospital Care.World neurosurgery · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

Comment on
Impact of intercostal nerve blocks using liposomal versus standard bupivacaine on length of stay in minimally invasive thoracic surgery patients.2018

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Hassan RayazDepartment of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.

E David BravosDepartment of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Allan GottschalkDepartment of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Identifiers

PMID31245073

DOI10.21037/jtd.2019.04.11

PMCPMC6560533

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