Application progress on thoracic paravertebral nerve block in pediatric perioperative analgesia / 临床麻醉学杂志

Thoracic paravertebral nerve block(TPVB)is a regional anesthesia technique that pro-vides ipsilateral somatosensory,motor and sympathetic nerves block segmentally by injecting local anesthetics in the paravertebral space.In recent years,there has been an increasing number of studies on the use of TPVB technique for anesthesia and analgesia in pediatric thoracic and upper abdominal surgery,showing good perioperative analgesic efficacy.This article intends to provide a review of the current applica-tion and progress of TPVB technique for pediatric perioperative analgesia in terms of medication regimens,drug diffusion routes,block methods,clinical application,and complications.