Analgesic effect of thoracic paravertebral block on patients undergoing thoracoscopic lobectomy under general anesthesia

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 (P<0.05). MAP and HR the time of tracheal intubation induction (T1), single lung ventilation (T2), skin incision (T3), operation completion (T4), and 20 minutes after the extubation (T5) were lower in both groups compared to T0, and were significantly higher in Group-T compared to Group-G (P<0.05). The rate of adverse events in Group-T was 6.67%, significantly lower compared to Group-G (24.32%) (P<0.05). 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.