TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Thoracic & Lumbar Paravertebral Block A1 - Karmakar, Manoj K. A1 - Greengrass, Roy A. A1 - Latmore, Malikah A1 - Levin, Matthew A2 - Hadzic, Admir PY - 2017 T2 - Hadzic's Textbook of Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management, 2e AB - Thoracic paravertebral block (TPVB) is the technique of injecting local anesthetic alongside the thoracic vertebra close to where the spinal nerves emerge from the intervertebral foramen.1,2 This produces unilateral, segmental, somatic, and sympathetic nerve blockade,3 which is effective for anesthesia and in treating acute and chronic pain of unilateral origin from the chest and abdomen.1 Hugo Sellheim of Leipzig (1871–1936) is believed to have pioneered TPVB in 1905.1,2 Kappis, in 1919, developed the technique of paravertebral injection, which is comparable to the one in present day use. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141739466 ER -