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Post-operative pain and analgesic requirements after paravertebral block for mastectomy: A randomized controlled trial of different concentrations of bupivacaine and fentanyl

PreethyJ Mathew, V Bhuvaneswari, Jyotsna Wig, Gurpreet Singh

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia · 2012 · 53 citations · 20 references

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Abstract

Lower concentrations of bupivacaine can be combined with fentanyl to achieve analgesic efficacy similar to bupivacaine at higher concentrations, decreasing the risk of toxicity in PVB.

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