The clinical and cost-effectiveness of paravertebral blockade versus thoracic epidural blockade in reducing chronic post-thoracotomy pain: TOPIC2 RCT synopsis.
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- 10.3310/gjfg1715
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- 2026 Feb
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@article{allodium:10.3310/gjfg1715,
title = {The clinical and cost-effectiveness of paravertebral blockade versus thoracic epidural blockade in reducing chronic post-thoracotomy pain: TOPIC2 RCT synopsis.},
author = {Shelley B and Middleton L and Goebel A and Grant S and Jackson L and Javed M and Jepson M and Marczin N and Mehta R and Melody T and Naidu B and Summers H and Szentgyorgyi L and Tearne S and Watkins B and Wilson M and Worrall A and Yeung J and Smith FG},
year = {2026},
journal = {Health technology assessment (Winchester, England)},
doi = {10.3310/gjfg1715},
url = {https://doi.org/10.3310/gjfg1715}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - The clinical and cost-effectiveness of paravertebral blockade versus thoracic epidural blockade in reducing chronic post-thoracotomy pain: TOPIC2 RCT synopsis. AU - Shelley B AU - Middleton L AU - Goebel A AU - Grant S AU - Jackson L AU - Javed M AU - Jepson M AU - Marczin N AU - Mehta R AU - Melody T AU - Naidu B AU - Summers H AU - Szentgyorgyi L AU - Tearne S AU - Watkins B AU - Wilson M AU - Worrall A AU - Yeung J AU - Smith FG PY - 2026 JO - Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) DO - 10.3310/gjfg1715 UR - https://doi.org/10.3310/gjfg1715 ER -
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B, S., L, M., A, G., S, G., L, J., M, J., M, J., N, M., R, M., T, M., B, N., H, S., L, S., S, T., B, W., M, W., A, W., J, Y., & FG, S. (2026). The clinical and cost-effectiveness of paravertebral blockade versus thoracic epidural blockade in reducing chronic post-thoracotomy pain: TOPIC2 RCT synopsis.. Health technology assessment (Winchester, England). https://doi.org/10.3310/gjfg1715
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- pubmed · retrieved 2026-09-26T17:54:17.186Z