ArticlePakistan journal of medical sciences
Analgesic effect of thoracic paravertebral block on patients undergoing thoracoscopic lobectomy under general anesthesia.
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- Dexamethasone as an adjuvant with ropivacaine in thoracoscopy guided thoracic paravertebral block for postoperative analgesia in thoracic surgery.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Comparison of Postoperative Analgesic Effects of Intravenous versus Perineural Dexamethasone Injection Combined with Ropivacaine in Thoracoscopy-Guided Thoracic Paravertebral Block for Thoracoscopic Radical Lung Cancer Resection: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial.Drug design, development and therapy · 2025Trial
- Effect and clinical significance of bilateral thoracic paravertebral block combined with S-ketamine on laparoscopic radical surgery for colorectal cancer.World journal of surgical oncology · 2025Article
- The impact of ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block combined with paravertebral block on postoperative rebound pain following thoracoscopic lobectomy.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
Objective: To investigate the analgesic effect of thoracic paravertebral block (TPVB) in patients undergoing thoracoscopic lobectomy under general anesthesia (GA). Methods: Clinical records of 82 patients who underwent thoracoscopic lobectomy under GA from October 2021 to October 2022 in the General Hospital of Southern Theater Command were retrospectively analyzed. The patients were divided into two groups according to the method of anesthesia used: general anesthesia group (Group-G, n=37), and TPVB plus GA group (Group-T, n=45). The analgesic effect, mean arterial pressure (MAP), heart rate (HR) and the rate of adverse events in both groups were compared. Results: Visual analogue scale (VAS) scores of patients in Group-T at 12h, 24h and 48h after the operation were significantly lower compared to Group-G ( Conclusions: TPVB combined with GA can improve the analgesic effect, improve MAP and HR during the operation, and reduce the incidence of adverse events in patients undergoing thoracoscopic lobectomy.
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