Randomised controlled trial to investigate the effectiveness of thoracic epidural and paravertebral blockade in reducing chronic post-thoracotomy pain (TOPIC): a pilot study to assess feasibility of a large multicentre trial

OBJECTIVES: Thoracotomy is considered one of the most painful surgical procedures. The incidence of chronic post-thoracotomy pain (CPTP) is up to 50%. Paravertebral blockade (PVB) may be superior to thoracic epidural blockade (TEB) in preventing CPTP. The specific objective of this pilot study was t...

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Autores principales: Yeung, Joyce, Middleton, Lee, Tryposkiadis, Kostas, Kerr, Amy, Daniels, Jane, Naidu, Babu, Melody, Teresa, Goebel, Andreas, Wilson, Matthew, Kumar, Sajith, Szentgyorgyi, Lajos, Flanagan, Sarah, Shah, Rajesh, Worrall, Antony, Gao, Fang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Anaesthesia
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6624049/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31292172
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023679

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6624049/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31292172
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023679

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