Anesthesia & Clinical Research
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Diab Fuad Hetta

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• Research Article
  Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy under Thoracic Paravertebral Block: A Preliminary Report
  Author(s): Doaa G Ahmed, Diab Fuad Hetta and Abdelraouf M S Abdelraouf Doaa G Ahmed, Diab Fuad Hetta and Abdelraouf M S Abdelraouf
  
  Background: The second look percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is usually done under general anesthesia. Thoracic paravertebral block has been shown to provide sufficient postoperative analgesia for a variety of thoracic and upper abdominal surgeries. Objectives: We propose a case series study for performing the second look PCNL under paravertebral block (PVB) and conscious sedation using dexmedetomidine. Methods: 33 patients scheduled for second look PCNL received PVB at the level of T 11, 15 ml of 0.5 % of bupivacaine was injected under ultrasonographic guidance. During the procedure, the patients received conscious sedation with dexmedetomidine (initial infusion of 1 μg/kg/h, followed by a maintenance infusion of 0.2 μg/kg/h). We measured the rate of success of the anesthetic technique, the level of sedat.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-6148.1000720

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