Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial to investigate the effectiveness of thoracic epidural and paravertebral blockade in reducing chronic post-thoracotomy pain: 2 (TOPIC 2).
Benjamin ShelleyAndreas GoebelStephen GrantLouise JacksonHugh JarrettMarcus JepsonAmy KerrNandor MarczinRajnikant MehtaTeresa MelodyLee MiddletonBabu NaiduLajos SzentgyorgyiSarah TearneBen WatkinsMatthew WilsonAndrew WorrallJoyce YeungFang Gao SmithPublished in: Trials (2023)
NCT03677856 [ClinicalTrials.gov] registered September 19, 2018. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03677856 . First patient recruited 8 January 2019.
Keyphrases
- spinal cord
- neuropathic pain
- chronic pain
- thoracic surgery
- randomized controlled trial
- case report
- pain management
- computed tomography
- image quality
- systematic review
- dual energy
- contrast enhanced
- ultrasound guided
- postoperative pain
- spinal cord injury
- aortic valve replacement
- positron emission tomography
- magnetic resonance imaging
- heart failure
- drug induced
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement