Research Article
Ultrasound-Guided Thoracic Paravertebral Nerve Block on Postoperative Pain, Quality of Life, and Recovery in Patients with Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Table 1
Baseline characteristics in the two groups.
| | Characteristics | Ultrasound-guided TPVB | General anesthesia with tracheal intubation |
| | Number of patients | 50 | 50 | | Age median (year) (range) | 62 (53-75) | 61 (52-72) | | Sex: female | 28 (56%) | 25 (50%) | | Sex: male | 22 (44%) | 25 (50%) | | Type of pathology (%) | | | | Squamous cell carcinoma | 20 (40%) | 19 (38%) | | Adenocarcinoma | 28 (56%) | 31 (62%) | | Adenosquamous carcinoma | 2 (4%) | 0 | | Primary tumor (T), (%) | | | | T1 | 28 (56%) | 25 (50%) | | T2 | 19 (38%) | 20 (40%) | | T3 | 3 (6%) | 4 (8%) | | T4 | 0 | 1 (2%) | | Regional lymph nodes (N), (%) | | | | N0 | 26 (52%) | 28 (56%) | | N1 | 16 (32%) | 18 (36%) | | N2 | 8 (16%) | 4 (8%) | | Body mass index, (kg/m2) | | | | Albumin, (g/l) | | | | High-sensitivity C-reactive protein, mean ± SD (mg/l) | | |
|
|
