Thoracic Epidural Analgesia (TEA): A technique involving injection of local anaesthetics into the epidural space in the thoracic region to provide targeted, segmental pain relief.

Patients and methods: fifty eight trauma patients with flail chest randomly allocated into either Group E (n = 29): epidural group, patients received mid-thoracic epidural analgesia using 6 ml mixture ...

Source Reference: Spaans LN, et al "Intercostal or paravertebral block vs thoracic epidural in lung surgery: a randomized noninferiority trial" JAMA Surg 2025; DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2025.1899.

Although Thoracic Epidural Analgesia (TEA) is considered the gold standard for such procedures, several considerations regarding its use remain. Factors such as the availability and the ease of ...

Thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA) has a high success rate in adolescents undergoing chest wall surgery, with no long-term adverse effects and manageable complications. TEA provided adequate ...

BackgroundNovel therapies aimed at modulating the autonomic nervous system, including thoracic epidural anesthesia (TEA), have been shown in small case series to be beneficial in treating medically ...

1. Yeung JH, Gates S, Naidu BV, et al. Paravertebral block versus thoracic epidural for patients undergoing thoracotomy. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016;2:CD009121.

Thoracic epidural anesthesia (TEA) is a widely applied analgesic technique in cardiothoracic and upper abdominal surgery; however, TEA is associated with cardiac sympathectomy, and the present study ...