TY  - BOOK
AU  - Yasser Ahmed Elkenany 
AU  - Amal Fawzy Saed  , 
AU  - Khaled Ali Elsamahy  , 
AU  - Magdy Ramzy Eskander  , 
TI  - Thoracic epidural versus thoracic paravertebral levo-bupivacaine for post-thoracotomy pain relief / 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Cairo : 
PB  - Yasser Ahmed Elkenany  , 
KW  - Acute postoperative pain
KW  - Anesthetic techniques
KW  - Regional thoracic analgesia
N1  - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - National Cancer Institute  - Department of  Anesthesia and Pain Relief; Issued also as CD
N2  - Thoracotomy, with its associated pathophysiological abnormalities produces one of the most damaging surgical insults which it is possible to inflict on patients. Thoracotomy pain arises as a result of several chest wall trauma including fractured ribs, damaged peripheral nerves and central nervous system hypersensitisation.The aim of this study is to compare the effect of continuous thoracic epidural and continuous thoracic paravertebral techniques on thoracotomy pain relief using the local anesthetic 2levobupivacaine". This study was performed on 50 adult consecutive patients (aged> 18 years) of both sex, ASA I-II who were admitted for elective lung resection (lobectomy, segmentectomy or pneumonectomy). Patients were randomly allocated into two equal groups of 25 patients each
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