Florent Leviel, Alex Fourdrain, Florian Delatre, Florence De Dominicis, Thomas Lefebvre, Stéphane Bar, Hamza Yahia Alshatri, Emmanuel Lorne, Olivier Georges, Pascal Berna, Hervé Dupont, Jonathan Meynier, Osama Abou-Arab
OBJECTIVES: Serratus anterior plane block (SAPB) and paravertebral block (PVB) are well known to reduce pain levels after video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS). However, the relative efficacies of each block and a combination of the two have not been fully characterized. The objective of the present study was to assess the efficacy of PVB alone, SAPB alone, and the combination of PVB and SAPB with regard to the occurrence and intensity of pain after VATS. METHODS: We conducted the THORACOSOPIC single-centre, double-blind, randomized trial in adult patients due to undergo elective VATS lung resection...
March 28, 2024: European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery