Regional anesthesia and pain medicine
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · May 2014
Randomized Controlled TrialA Prospective Randomized Observer-Blinded Study to Assess Postoperative Analgesia Provided by an Ultrasound-Guided Bilateral Thoracic Paravertebral Block for Children Undergoing the Nuss Procedure.
This prospective, randomized, single-blinded study evaluates the effectiveness of the ultrasound-guided bilateral thoracic paravertebral (BTPV) block for providing postoperative pain control in children undergoing the Nuss procedure. ⋯ Ultrasound-guided BTPV block provides improved postoperative analgesia for children undergoing the Nuss procedure as compared with intravenous PCA and decreases the incidence of postoperative behavioral disturbance.