Thoracic paravertebral block (TPVB) can provide effective analgesia in certain clinical situations.
Intraoperative anesthesia:
(1) breast surgery
(2) hernia repair
(3) chest wound exploration
Postoperative anesthesia:
(1) thoracic surgery or thoracoscopy
(2) breast surgery
(3) hernia repair
(4) appendectomy
(5) cholecystectomy
(6) minimally invasive cardiac surgery
(7) renal surgery
Neuralgias:
(1) acute post-herpetic neuralgia
(2) benign chronic neuralgia
(3) malignant chronic neuralgia
Post-traumatic:
(1) multiple fractured ribs
(2) liver capsule pain after blunt abdominal trauma
Other:
(1) control of hyperhydrosis
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Specialty: Anesthesiology, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Surgery, orthopedic
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