COMPARISON OF POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIC EFFICACY AND HAEMODYNAMIC STABILITY OF THORACIC EPIDURAL BLOCK VERSUS THORACIC PARAVERTEBRAL BLOCK USING CONTINUOUS INFUSION OF BUPIVACAINE IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING ELECTIVE MODIFIED RADICAL MASTECTOMY.

A Ganesh,N Sumathi,Vs Yamini

doi:10.21474/ijar01/7121

Abstract

24May 2018 COMPARISON OF POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIC EFFICACY AND HAEMODYNAMIC STABILITY OF THORACIC EPIDURAL BLOCK VERSUS THORACIC PARAVERTEBRAL BLOCK USING CONTINUOUS INFUSION OF BUPIVACAINE IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING ELECTIVE MODIFIED RADICAL MASTECTOMY. A. Ganesh , N.Sumathi and V. S. Yamini. Senior Assistant Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology, Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, Madras Medical College, Chennai. Senior Assistant Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology, Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, Madras Medical College, Chennai. Resident, Department of Anaesthesiology, Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, Madras Medical College,Chennai.

Highlights

Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in Received: 17 March 2018 Final Accepted: 19 April 2018 Published: May 2018 women,requiring frequent surgical intervention
Materials and methods: A prospective randomized double-blinded study was conducted in 60 patients undergoing modified radical mastectomy under general anesthesia.[30] patients in Group P received paravertebral block at T6-T7 level and 4 cm of catheter was directed cephalad,[30] patients in group E received epidural block at T6-T7 level and 4 cm of catheter was directed cephalad .After extubation, the
Aim:The aim of this study is to compare the postoperative analgesic efficacy and haemodynamic stability of thoracic epidural and thoracic paravertebral block using a continuous infusion of 0.125% bupivacaine in patients undergoing elective modified radical mastectomy

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Introduction

Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in Received: 17 March 2018 Final Accepted: 19 April 2018 Published: May 2018 women,requiring frequent surgical intervention. Profile of thoracic epidural and thoracic paravertebral block using continuous infusion of bupivacaine in patients undergoing elective modified radical mastectomy. Materials and methods: A prospective randomized double-blinded study was conducted in 60 patients undergoing modified radical mastectomy under general anesthesia.[30] patients in Group P received paravertebral block at T6-T7 level and 4 cm of catheter was directed cephalad,[30] patients in group E received epidural block at T6-T7 level and 4 cm of catheter was directed cephalad .After extubation, the

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