title: Ultrasound-guided thoracic paravertebral catheter placement in a patient undergoing thoracotomy who had the relative contraindication of thrombocytopenia to epidural placement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0710, USA. vhn7r@virginia.edu
authors.forename: Van H
authors.initials: VH
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Duncan G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: de Souza
authors.forename: Randal S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Blank
authors.forename: Justin M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Aden
authors.forename: Donald D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D015360:Analgesia, Epidural; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D000075202:Contraindications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000628:therapy*; D013908:Thoracotomy; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000150:complications*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional