Thoracal paravertebral block (TPVB) is a commonly prefferred regional anesthesia technique to provide postoperative analgesia. In addition, the successful use of TPVB is reported for some seroma related pain cases. Postoperative analgesia in breast surgery is a difficult and overworked issue due to etensive surgery and complex innervation of the breast and in addition to this complex mechanisms, seroma accumulation has a negative effect for patients postoperatively. With this study, the investigators aimed to study the effect of TPVB on seroma reduction for breast cancer surgery.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
40
Thoracal paravertebral block will be performed before the surgery to the TPVB group.
Kocaeli University
Kocaeli, Turkey (Türkiye)
Seroma quantitiy
Seroma quantitiy of all patients will be recorded after 24 hour postoperatively.
Time frame: 24 hour postoperatively.
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