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Various perioperative analgesic methods have been used including systemic administration of analgesic drugs, local infiltration of local anaesthetics, thoracic epidural (TE), thoracic paravertebral (TPV) and intercostal nerve block. We report… Click to show full abstract
Various perioperative analgesic methods have been used including systemic administration of analgesic drugs, local infiltration of local anaesthetics, thoracic epidural (TE), thoracic paravertebral (TPV) and intercostal nerve block. We report the analgesia management of such a case with a “mid-point transverse process to pleura” (MTP) block, which is an alternative technique of TPV block in which the needle is placed midway between the transverse process to the pleura to reduce the incidence of pneumothorax and vascular injury.
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
Year Published: 2022
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