Dexamethasone and Dexmedetomidine as Adjuvants to Ropivacaine in Ultrasound-guided Multilevel Thoracic Paravertebral Block for Lobectomy: A Prospective, Randomized, Triple-blind Study

Overview

The hypothesis is whether perineural dexamethasone and dexmedetomidine prolonged the duration of analgesia as compared with either perineural dexamethasone or perineural dexmedetomidine after TPVB.

Design: A prospective, randomized, controlled study Setting: Single-center university hospital. Participants: The study included 90 patients undergoing lobectomy under general anesthesia. Interventions: The patients were allocated randomly into the following 3 groups: 20 ml mixture of 37.5 mg ropivacaine with 5 mg dexamethasone (RS group) or 1 µg/kg dexmedetomidine (RM group), or with 1 µg/kg dexmedetomidine and 5 mg dexamethasone (RSM group). Ultrasound-guided TPVB was performed at 4 points-T4-5, T5-6, T6-7, and T7-8 of the surgical side; 5 mL of solution were injected at each point. Postoperatively, the PCIA was used as part of multimodal analgesia, and all patients recieve .

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