Preoperative Paravertebral Block in Cancer Surgery of the Lung

Inclusion Criteria: * Elective radical primary lung cancer VATS surgery for single lobectomy * American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) I-III * Age ≥18 Exclusion Criteria: * Planned open thoracotomy, wedge resection, bilobectomy, pneumonectomy, chest wall resection or total pleurectomy * Local anaesthetic or opioid allergy * Coagulation disorders * Inability to comply with study questionnaire completion * Pre-existing pain in chest area or pre-existing pain conditions * Local infection/tumour at proposed PVB site * Previous lung surgery * Planned surgery within 3 months of the primary lung resection