Thoracic epidural versus paravertebral blockade for reducing chronic post-thoracotomy pain (TOPIC-2): open label, parallel group, superiority, multicentre, randomised controlled trial

Ben Shelley, Lee Middleton, Rebecca Boyles, Michael Gilbert, Andreas Goebel, Ira Goldsmith, Stephen Grant, Louise Jackson, Mishal Javed, Sajith Kumar, Nandor Marczin, Philip McCall, Rajnikant Mehta, Teresa Melody, Babu Naidu, Sridhar Rathinam, Hannah Summers, Lajos Szentgyorgyi, Sarah Tearne, Ben Watkins, Matthew Wilson, Andrew Worrall, Joyce Yeung, Fang Gao Smith

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DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2026-101114
Published: 2026-11-05
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@article{allodium:10.1136/bmj-2026-101114,
  title = {Thoracic epidural versus paravertebral blockade for reducing chronic post-thoracotomy pain (TOPIC-2): open label, parallel group, superiority, multicentre, randomised controlled trial},
  author = {Ben Shelley and Lee Middleton and Rebecca Boyles and Michael Gilbert and Andreas Goebel and Ira Goldsmith and Stephen Grant and Louise Jackson and Mishal Javed and Sajith Kumar and Nandor Marczin and Philip McCall and Rajnikant Mehta and Teresa Melody and Babu Naidu and Sridhar Rathinam and Hannah Summers and Lajos Szentgyorgyi and Sarah Tearne and Ben Watkins and Matthew Wilson and Andrew Worrall and Joyce Yeung and Fang Gao Smith},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {BMJ},
  doi = {10.1136/bmj-2026-101114},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2026-101114}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Thoracic epidural versus paravertebral blockade for reducing chronic post-thoracotomy pain (TOPIC-2): open label, parallel group, superiority, multicentre, randomised controlled trial
AU  - Ben Shelley
AU  - Lee Middleton
AU  - Rebecca Boyles
AU  - Michael Gilbert
AU  - Andreas Goebel
AU  - Ira Goldsmith
AU  - Stephen Grant
AU  - Louise Jackson
AU  - Mishal Javed
AU  - Sajith Kumar
AU  - Nandor Marczin
AU  - Philip McCall
AU  - Rajnikant Mehta
AU  - Teresa Melody
AU  - Babu Naidu
AU  - Sridhar Rathinam
AU  - Hannah Summers
AU  - Lajos Szentgyorgyi
AU  - Sarah Tearne
AU  - Ben Watkins
AU  - Matthew Wilson
AU  - Andrew Worrall
AU  - Joyce Yeung
AU  - Fang Gao Smith
PY  - 2026
JO  - BMJ
DO  - 10.1136/bmj-2026-101114
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2026-101114
ER  -

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Shelley, B., Middleton, L., Boyles, R., Gilbert, M., Goebel, A., Goldsmith, I., Grant, S., Jackson, L., Javed, M., Kumar, S., Marczin, N., McCall, P., Mehta, R., Melody, T., Naidu, B., Rathinam, S., Summers, H., Szentgyorgyi, L., Tearne, S., Watkins, B., Wilson, M., Worrall, A., Yeung, J., & Smith, F. G. (2026). Thoracic epidural versus paravertebral blockade for reducing chronic post-thoracotomy pain (TOPIC-2): open label, parallel group, superiority, multicentre, randomised controlled trial. BMJ. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2026-101114

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