Thoracic paravertebral block (TPVB) can improve postoperative analgesia, inhibiting perioperative stress and the inflammatory response. However, whether it can improve early postoperative cognitive ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Women with breast cancer appear to live longer and have less chance of a cancer recurrence if they receive a paravertebral nerve block combined with general anesthesia during their ...

Anesthesiologists using a technique similar to a dental freeze can improve the quality of recovery and decrease recovery time for breast cancer surgery patients, according to a new study. The ...

A regional anesthesia technique called thoracic paravertebral nerve block (TPVB) is highly effective in controlling pain after breast cancer surgery, but concern about potential complications may ...

Overdiagnosis Estimated in 31 Percent of Breast Cancer Cases For patients undergoing breast cancer surgery, paravertebral block combined with general anesthesia is associated with decreased local and ...

In children undergoing cardiac surgery by thoracotomy, paravertebral blocks with ropivacaine reduced opioid consumption by nearly half within 24 hours after surgery compared with local anesthetic, ...

BM donors can experience significant pain in the first 12–24 h following harvest. 1 In fact, in cases where the harvest is scheduled on an outpatient basis, inadequate pain control is one of the ...

One of the largest global studies in the field of anesthesia, in which the MedUni Vienna has participated, showed that, following curative breast cancer surgery under regional anesthesia, the risk of ...