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

**Type:** Papers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/papers/ultrasound-assisted-thoracic-paravertebral-block-reduces-intraoperative-opioid/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Author Names | 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 |
| Citations | 38 |
| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0142249 |
| Fields | Medicine |
| Open Access | true |
| OA Status | gold |
| OA URL | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0142249&type=printable |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/W2177193623 |
| PMID | 26588217 |
| Type | article |
| Year | 2015 |

## Paper authors

- [Yidong Zhou](https://scholariq.org/researchers/yidong-zhou/)

## Paper journal

- [PLoS ONE](https://scholariq.org/journals/plos-one/)

## Paper primary topic

- [Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response](https://scholariq.org/topics/cancer-stress-anesthesia-and-immune-response/)

## Paper topics

- [Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response](https://scholariq.org/topics/cancer-stress-anesthesia-and-immune-response/)
- [Anesthesia and Pain Management](https://scholariq.org/topics/anesthesia-and-pain-management/)
- [Pain Management and Opioid Use](https://scholariq.org/topics/pain-management-and-opioid-use/)

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