The effect of body mass index on thoracic paravertebral block analgesia after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery; a prospective interventional study.
Emine Nilgün ZenginAli AlagözHülya Yiğit ÖzayHilal SazakSumru ŞekerciMusa ZenginPublished in: BMC anesthesiology (2023)
Higher postoperative VAS scores with TPVB applied in obese patients and the consequent increase in additional analgesics and complications require more specific postoperative management in this patient group.
Keyphrases
- obese patients
- body mass index
- bariatric surgery
- patients undergoing
- postoperative pain
- ultrasound guided
- minimally invasive
- gastric bypass
- roux en y gastric bypass
- case report
- spinal cord
- pain management
- physical activity
- thoracic surgery
- risk factors
- weight loss
- acute coronary syndrome
- coronary artery disease
- robot assisted