Intraoperative Paravertebral Block and Postoperative Complications

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Conditions studied: Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS), Lung Cancer (Diagnosis), Pulmonary Infections, Respiratory Failure Without Hypercapnia, Pleural Effusion Due to Another Disorder (Disorder), Atelectasis, Bronchospasm, Pneumothorax, Pulmonary Embolism (Diagnosis), Bronchopleural Fistula, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

In brief

This study aims to evaluate the clinical association between intraoperative paravertebral block and the reduction of postoperative complications following thoracic surgery.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT07211529
Run by: Tongji Hospital
People needed: 500
Starts: 2025-03-25
Expected to finish: 2028-12-31
Last updated by the study team: 2025-10-08

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

Male or female participants aged 18 years or older.
Scheduled to undergo thoracic surgery via Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) or Robotic-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (RATS), including wedge resection, segmentectomy, lobectomy, or mediastinal surgery.
Signed informed consent obtained prior to study participation. -

You may not qualify if…

Patients who refuse to provide informed consent.
Anesthesiologists who have not received training in ultrasound-guided paravertebral block (PVB-US).
History of ipsilateral thoracic surgery.
Conversion to open thoracotomy during the procedure.
Patients who did not complete the scheduled surgery due to disease progression or medical reasons.
Patients who are lost to follow-up or refuse postoperative follow-up. -

Where it is running

Tongji Medical College of HUST: Huazhong University of Science and Technology Tongji Medical College Tongji Hospital — Wuhan, Hubei, China (enrolling)

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