Fig. 2From: Effect of general anesthesia with thoracic paravertebral block on postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing thoracoscopic lobectomy: a randomized-controlled trialFlowchart of patient enrollment and randomization. Patients in Group PBA underwent postoperative paravertebral block analgesia; patients in Group PIA underwent postoperative intravenous analgesia. PIA, patient-controlled intravenous analgesia; PBA, patient-controlled paravertebral-block analgesia.Back to article page