The clinical and cost-effectiveness of paravertebral blockade versus thoracic epidural blockade in reducing chronic post-thoracotomy pain: TOPIC2 RCT synopsis
This synopsis presents independent research funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment programme as award number 16/111/111.
Authors
- Sarah Tearne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7944-2917)
- Babu Naidu
- Andrew Worrall
- Andreas Göebel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3763-8206)
- Lajos Szentgyörgyi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1196-1758)
- Ben Shelley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6771-9659)
- H. Summers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8854-3912)
- Lee Middleton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4621-1922)
- M. A. Jepson
- Ben Watkins
- Rajnikant Mehta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5341-5598)
- Joyce Yeung
- Mishal Javed
- Matthew Wilson
- Louise Jackson
- Stephen Grant
- Nandor Marczin
Institutions
- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- University of Warwick (GB)
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit (GB)
- Wythenshawe Hospital (GB)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- University of Glasgow (GB)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
- National Patient Safety Foundation (US)
- University of Sheffield (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Technology Assessment
- Published
- 2025-07-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3310/gjfg1715
- Primary Topic
- Anesthesia and Pain Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00