Ultrasound-Assisted Thoracic Paravertebral Block Reduces Intraoperative Opioid Requirement and Improves Analgesia after Breast Cancer Surgery: A Randomized, Controlled, Single-Center Trial

Lijian Pei; Yidong Zhou; Gang Tan; Feng Mao; Dongsheng Yang; Jinghong Guan; Yan Lin; Xuejing Wang; Yanna Zhang; Xiaohui Zhang; Songjie Shen; Zhonghuang Xu; Qiang Sun; Yuguang Huang; The Outcomes Research Consortium

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0142249

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Ultrasound-Assisted Thoracic Paravertebral Block Reduces Intraoperative Opioid Requirement and Improves Analgesia after Breast Cancer Surgery: A Randomized, Controlled, Single-Center Trial

Lijian Pei ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Lijian Pei, Yidong Zhou

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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Yidong Zhou ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Lijian Pei, Yidong Zhou

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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Gang Tan,

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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Feng Mao,

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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Dongsheng Yang,

Affiliation Departments of Quantitative Health Sciences and Outcomes Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States of America
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Jinghong Guan,

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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Yan Lin,

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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Xuejing Wang,

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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Yanna Zhang,

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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Xiaohui Zhang,

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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Songjie Shen,

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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Zhonghuang Xu,

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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Qiang Sun,

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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Yuguang Huang ,

* E-mail: hyug1999@163.com

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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The Outcomes Research Consortium

¶Membership of the Outcomes Research Consortium is listed in the Acknowledgments.
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Ultrasound-Assisted Thoracic Paravertebral Block Reduces Intraoperative Opioid Requirement and Improves Analgesia after Breast Cancer Surgery: A Randomized, Controlled, Single-Center Trial

Lijian Pei,
Yidong Zhou,
Gang Tan,
Feng Mao,
Dongsheng Yang,
Jinghong Guan,
Yan Lin,
Xuejing Wang,
Yanna Zhang,
Xiaohui Zhang

Published: November 20, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0142249

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