Repeated bolus injections of bupivacaine for continuous bilateral transversus thoracis plane block undergoing median sternotomy in a dog: A case report
D Kim,
D Shin,
S Yun
et al.
Abstract:An 8-year-old, 6.5 kg, neutered female Shih-Tzu dog was presented for surgical resection of a mediastinal mass. A median sternotomy and left cranial lung lobectomy were performed. Intraoperatively, with the patient under general anaesthesia, a bilateral transversus thoracis plane (TTP) block was performed by injecting 0.5% bupivacaine (0.2 ml/kg) per side using real-time ultrasound guidance. After surgery, indwelling catheters for repeated bolus injections of bupivacaine in TTP were placed as follows: the fift… Show more
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