title: Thoracic paravertebral block performance for modified radical mastectomy with axillary dissection in a patient with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
abstract: We present the case of an 86-year-old patient with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease undergoing modified radical mastectomy with axillary dissection by thoracic paravertebral block (PVB). Use of thoracic PVB provided hemodynamic and respiratory stability, excellent unilateral anesthesia and high patient satisfaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Turkey. yavuzakcaboy@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Erkan Yavuz
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Akçaboy
authors.forename: Zeynep Nur
authors.initials: ZN
authors.lastname: Akçaboy
authors.forename: Bilgehan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sönmez
authors.forename: Nermin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Göğüş
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001365:Axilla; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D015411:Mastectomy, Modified Radical; D009407:Nerve Block / Q000379:methods; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology