Complication rate of ultrasound-guided paravertebral block for breast surgery.

Adam D Niesen Adam K JacobLuke A LawHans P Sviggum Rebecca L Johnson

Published in: Regional anesthesia and pain medicine (2020)

Pneumothorax following non-continuous ultrasound-guided thoracic paravertebral block using a parasagittal approach is an uncommon occurrence, with a similar rate to pneumothorax following breast surgery alone.

Keyphrases

ultrasound guided
minimally invasive
fine needle aspiration
coronary artery bypass
surgical site infection
risk assessment
spinal cord
percutaneous coronary intervention
spinal cord injury
thoracic surgery
acute coronary syndrome