Addition of dexmedetomidine to bupivacaine in ultrasonography-guided paravertebral blockade potentiates postoperative pain relief among patients undergoing thoracotomy

Biçer C., Ünalan E., Aksu R., Önal Ö., Güneş I.

REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE ANESTESIOLOGIA, vol.69, no.2, pp.144-151, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 69 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.bjan.2018.11.002
  • Journal Name: REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE ANESTESIOLOGIA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.144-151
  • Keywords: Dexmedetomidine, Bupivacaine, Paravertebral blockade, Thoracotomy
  • Erciyes University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background and objective: Thoracic paravertebral blockade is an alternative regional technique for comforting post-thoracotomy pain, thereby decreasing opioid consumption, postoperative nausea and vomiting, dizziness, respiratory depression and health care costs. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of bupivacaine and bupivacaine plus dexmedetomidine on postoperative pain score and analgesic consumption in thoracotomy patients who had undergone ultrasonography-guided paravertebral blockade.