Open AccessThoracic paravertebral block for the anesthetic management of percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of liver tumors
Author(s) -
Mohamed M. Abu Elyazed,
Mohammad A. Abdullah
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of anaesthesiology-clinical pharmacology/journal of anaesthesiology clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 2231-2730
pISSN - 0970-9185
DOI - 10.4103/joacp.joacp_39_17
Subject(s) - medicine , sedation , anesthesia , anesthetic , percutaneous , anesthetic effect , visual analogue scale , radiofrequency ablation , local anesthetic , surgery , ablation , local anesthesia
Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (PRFA) is a minimally invasive treatment for hepatic tumors. We assessed and compared the efficacy of right thoracic paravertebral block (TPVB) with that of local anesthetic infiltration for the anesthetic management of PRFA of liver tumors.