Thoracic Paravertebral Block for Postoperative Analgesia After Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery.

Summary

The use of paravertebral catheters is a recommended technique to achieve postoperative analgesia after thoracic surgery. To date there is no consensus on which drug regime (local anesthetics with or without opioid) is best. The aim of this prospective clinical trial is to determine wether the use of ropivacaine and sufentanil injected through a thoracic paravertebral catheter results in decreased acute postoperative pain compared with plain ropivacaine in patients after thoracoscopic lung surgery.

Timeline

Start

2010-03

Primary completion

2014-09

Completion

2014-12

Publications

• Results Bauer C, Pavlakovic I, Mercier C, Maury JM, Koffel C, Roy P, Fellahi JL. Adding sufentanil to ropivacaine in continuous thoracic paravertebral block fails to improve analgesia after video-assisted thoracic surgery: A randomised controlled trial. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2018 Oct;35(10):766-773. doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000000777.

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