Thoracic Paravertebral Block for Postoperative Analgesia After Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery.
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2014-12-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The use of paravertebral catheters is a recommended technique to achieve postoperative
analgesia after thoracic surgery. To date there is no consensus on which drug regime (local
anesthetics with or without opioid) is best. The aim of this prospective clinical trial is to
determine wether the use of ropivacaine and sufentanil injected through a thoracic
paravertebral catheter results in decreased acute postoperative pain compared with plain
ropivacaine in patients after thoracoscopic lung surgery.