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Right Breast Mastectomy and Reconstruction with Tissue Expander under Thoracic Paravertebral Blocks in a 12-Week Parturient

Paravertebral blocks are becoming increasingly utilized for breast surgery with studies showing improved postoperative pain control, decreased need for opioids, and less nausea and vomiting. We describe the anesthetic management of an otherwise healthy woman who was 12 weeks pregnant presenting for...

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Autores principales: Webb, Christopher Allen-John, Weyker, Paul David, Cohn, Shara, Wheeler, Amanda, Lee, Jennifer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4503581/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26229692
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/842725
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author Webb, Christopher Allen-John
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description Paravertebral blocks are becoming increasingly utilized for breast surgery with studies showing improved postoperative pain control, decreased need for opioids, and less nausea and vomiting. We describe the anesthetic management of an otherwise healthy woman who was 12 weeks pregnant presenting for treatment of her breast cancer. For patients undergoing breast mastectomy and reconstruction with tissue expanders, paravertebral blocks offer an anesthetic alternative when general anesthesia is not desired.
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spelling pubmed-45035812015-07-30 Right Breast Mastectomy and Reconstruction with Tissue Expander under Thoracic Paravertebral Blocks in a 12-Week Parturient Webb, Christopher Allen-John Weyker, Paul David Cohn, Shara Wheeler, Amanda Lee, Jennifer Case Rep Anesthesiol Case Report Paravertebral blocks are becoming increasingly utilized for breast surgery with studies showing improved postoperative pain control, decreased need for opioids, and less nausea and vomiting. We describe the anesthetic management of an otherwise healthy woman who was 12 weeks pregnant presenting for treatment of her breast cancer. For patients undergoing breast mastectomy and reconstruction with tissue expanders, paravertebral blocks offer an anesthetic alternative when general anesthesia is not desired. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-07-02 /pmc/articles/PMC4503581/ /pubmed/26229692 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/842725 Text en Copyright © 2015 Christopher Allen-John Webb et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Webb, Christopher Allen-John
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Right Breast Mastectomy and Reconstruction with Tissue Expander under Thoracic Paravertebral Blocks in a 12-Week Parturient
title Right Breast Mastectomy and Reconstruction with Tissue Expander under Thoracic Paravertebral Blocks in a 12-Week Parturient
title_full Right Breast Mastectomy and Reconstruction with Tissue Expander under Thoracic Paravertebral Blocks in a 12-Week Parturient
title_fullStr Right Breast Mastectomy and Reconstruction with Tissue Expander under Thoracic Paravertebral Blocks in a 12-Week Parturient
title_full_unstemmed Right Breast Mastectomy and Reconstruction with Tissue Expander under Thoracic Paravertebral Blocks in a 12-Week Parturient
title_short Right Breast Mastectomy and Reconstruction with Tissue Expander under Thoracic Paravertebral Blocks in a 12-Week Parturient
title_sort right breast mastectomy and reconstruction with tissue expander under thoracic paravertebral blocks in a 12-week parturient
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4503581/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26229692
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/842725
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