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Lead
Mayo Clinic
Age
18–80
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
1. Female patient who are ≥ 18 and ≤ 80 years of age.
2. Patient with diagnosis of breast cancer.
3. Patient scheduled for modified radical mastectomy or lumpectomy with axillary node dissection
4. Patient scheduled for one of the above listed surgeries with or without sentinel, partial, or complete axillary lymph node dissection
5. Patients scheduled for one of the aforementioned surgeries with or without immediate or delayed reconstruction.
You may not be if
1. Pre-existing peripheral neuropathy
2. Pre-existing chronic pain
3. Bilateral procedure
4. Previous breast surgery, except biopsy
5. Inability to read, write or speak English.
6. Allergy to amide local anesthetics
7. Contraindications to paravertebral nerve block including, but not limited to severe scoliosis of the spine, skin lesion overlying the block area, abnormal coagulation studies (some of these may not be known until after informed consent is obtained)
8. Pregnancy
9. Emergency surgery
10. Previous recipients of peripheral nerve block.
11. Medical professional whose experience includes caring for patients who have had peripheral nerve blocks.
