Mohamed, O., AbdElrahman, A., Abd Elghaffar, A., Mohamed, A., Farghaly, A., Mahmoud, W. (2021). Paravertebral Block and Thoracotomy: Review Article. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 85(1), 2741-2743. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2021.189842
Omima Emad Eldin Mohamed; Ahmed Elsaied AbdElrahman; Ayman Mohamed Abd Elghaffar; Ahmed Talaat Mohamed; Asmaa Saad Eldin Farghaly; Wael Alham Mahmoud. "Paravertebral Block and Thoracotomy: Review Article". The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 85, 1, 2021, 2741-2743. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2021.189842
Mohamed, O., AbdElrahman, A., Abd Elghaffar, A., Mohamed, A., Farghaly, A., Mahmoud, W. (2021). 'Paravertebral Block and Thoracotomy: Review Article', The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 85(1), pp. 2741-2743. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2021.189842
Mohamed, O., AbdElrahman, A., Abd Elghaffar, A., Mohamed, A., Farghaly, A., Mahmoud, W. Paravertebral Block and Thoracotomy: Review Article. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2021; 85(1): 2741-2743. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2021.189842
Paravertebral Block and Thoracotomy: Review Article
ABSTRACT Background: First described paravertebral block (PVB) to provide abdominal analgesia in 1905. This technique has been modified for rib fracturing, flail chest, hepatic-biliary operations, open cholecystectomy, inguinal hernia repair, breast tumors operations and thoracotomies. PVB was shown to be as successful as thoracic epidural analgesia with less minimal complications in recent systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Objective: To evaluate the effect of paravertebral block and Thoracotomy to the other technique in issues analgesia, complications. Conclusion: Paravertebral block is a very useful regional anaesthetic technique for surgeries, Paravertebral block was shown to be as successful as thoracic epidural analgesia with less minimal complications.