Bilateral Paravertebral Block versus Thoracic Epidural Analgesia for Pain Control Post-Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

CONCLUSION:  This randomized parallel controlled trial demonstrates that ultrasound-guided paravertebral block is safe and effective method for relieving post-cardiac surgery sternotomy pain compared with thoracic epidural analgesia but not superior to it.
PMID: 30114712 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon - August 16, 2018 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: El Shora HA, El Beleehy AA, Abdelwahab AA, Ali GA, Omran TE, Hassan EA, Arafat AA Tags: Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Source Type: research