Effect of Anesthetic Technique on Pain、 Recovery and Satisfaction in Women Undergoing Breast Surgery
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patient has a physical status between ASA I and III
- Female
- 18 - 70 years of age
- Patients able to read a newspaper in Chinese.
- Elective unilateral wide excision/simple mastectomy and SLNB/ALND
- Patient has signed an informed consent
- Without contraindication of GA or PVB
- Body mass index (BMI) less than 24 kg/m2
Exclusion Criteria:
- ASA > III
- inability to provide informed consent
- Bleeding disorders
- Contraindications to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
- Allergy to amide-type local anesthetics or NSAIDs
- Infection at the thoracic paravertebral injection site
- Pregnancy or breast-feeding
- Severe spine or chest wall deformity
- body mass index equal to or more than 24 kg/m2
- patients with major psychosis or drug and alcohol abuse
- patients with a history of significant neurological, psychiatric, neuromuscular,
cardiovascular, pulmonary, renal or hepatic disease
- Patients with significant visual impairment or other physical disability that
precludes complete cooperation