Video-assisted thoracoscopic placement of paravertebral catheters: a technique for postoperative analgesia for bilateral thoracoscopic surgery

Paravertebral catheters were placed bilaterally through a Tuohy needle under direct video control in a patient undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic (VAT) surgery for recurrent, bilateral pneumothoraces. Postoperative analgesia was produced by infusing bupivacaine through the catheters. This provi...

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Published in:British Journal of Anaesthesia 1994-04, Vol.72 (4), p.462-464
Main Authors: SONI, A.K., CONACHER, I.D., WALLER, D.A., HILTON, C.J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anaesthetic techniques
Anaesthetic techniques, regional: paravertebral
Anesthesia
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Bupivacaine - administration & dosage
Catheterization, Peripheral - methods
Equipment: videos
Female
Humans
Local anesthesia. Pain (treatment)
Medical sciences
Pain : postoperative
Pain, Postoperative - prevention & control
Pneumothorax - surgery
regional: paravertebral
Thoracoscopy
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Summary:Paravertebral catheters were placed bilaterally through a Tuohy needle under direct video control in a patient undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic (VAT) surgery for recurrent, bilateral pneumothoraces. Postoperative analgesia was produced by infusing bupivacaine through the catheters. This provided good analgesia. VAT placement of paravertebral catheters is easily accomplished and may be a part of the surgical procedure. (Br. J. Anaesth. 1994; 72: 462–464)
ISSN:0007-0912
1471-6771
DOI:10.1093/bja/72.4.462