Postoperative Analgesic Effects of Subcostal Transversus Abdominis Plane Block Versus External Oblique Intercostal Block on Patients Undergoing Gastrectomy

Postoperative Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Comparison of Postoperative Analgesic Effectiveness of Subcostal Transversus Abdominis Plane Block Versus External Oblique Intercostal Block on Patients With Gastric Cancer Undergoing Gastrectomy

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06412796
• Other study ID #: 2023/600
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Start date: June 26, 2024
• Est. completion date: March 25, 2025

Study information

• Verified date: May 2024
• Source: TC Erciyes University
• Contact: Ayse Ülgey, MD
• Phone: 5378201751
• Email: aulgey[@]erciyes.edu.tr
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Open Gastrectomy surgery is a big surgery with upper umbilical median incision where the postoperative pain is occur frequently. pain managements of this surgery with intravenous opioid analgesics are currently standard approach. but its side effects as sedation, decreased bowel movement and respiratory depression are limiting its use. so local anesthesia done with regional block methods provides good analgesia after surgery that decrease use of opioid analgesics. in this study we intend to compare subcostal TAP block with external oblique intercostal block

Description:

in our study, we include the patients who has diagnosed Gastric Cancer and going to open gastrectomy surgery. this surgery performing with initial upper umbilical median incision of abdomen and then removing part or all of the stomach organ, which is cause postoperative pain on all abdominal area and affect the patient's recovery and morbidity. perioperative pain management is also important part of recovery after surgery. intravenous morphine using is part of protocols in analgesics. lately opioid free analgesia is aimed because of opioids side effects such as sedation, respiratory depression and decrease in bowel movement affect patients' recovery and duration in hospital. in this way regional and local anesthetics methods are getting more interested in pain management. To ensure the analgesic effects of the upper umbilical median incision area we planned to perform External Oblique Intercostal (EOI) block and Subcostal Transversus Abdominis Plane (SCTAP) block. To get better results we performed both blocks with Ultrasound Guided Imaging and injected bilateral with 15-20 ml of diluted local anesthetics on each side before the surgery. We divide patients into two groups: Group 1: the patients who get SCTAP block and Group 2: the patients who get EOI block. After the general anesthesia and intubation of patient we clean the abdominal area within antiseptic to perform injection before the surgery is began. In Group 1, SCTAP Block is performing by USG probe positioned on the anterior abdominal wall immediately inferior to the costal margin and then needle advanced to 2 to 3 cm lateral to the aponeurosis of the external oblique muscles, internal oblique muscles, and transversus abdominis in the TAP. Saline 0.5mL was injected to determine the position of the transverse fascia and 15-20 ml local anesthetics injected both in right and left sides of abdomen. In Group 2, EOI block is performed by placing the US probe in paramedian sagittal orientation at the T6-7 level and visualizing the external oblique and intercostal muscles. Local anesthetics inject the under the external oblique muscle. After the surgery patient controlled analgesia (PCA) is given to patients if there will not enough analgesic management confirmed. Pain assessment will be evaluated with the visual pain scale at 2/6/12/24 hours after surgery completed.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: March 25, 2025
• Est. primary completion date: February 25, 2025
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 90 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients who have diagnosed Gastric Cancer and undergoing Gastric resection

• patients accepted to participate for study

Exclusion Criteria:

• parients that not agreed for the study

• patients who undergoing for second operation at the same surgery incision

• patient that have chronic pains and multiple drugs using

• patients that have psychiatric disorders

• bariatric surgery

• patients with allergics for local anaesthetics

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Analgesia
• Pain, Postoperative
• Postoperative Pain

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	University of Erciyes	Kayseri	Talas

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
TC Erciyes University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Need of morphine analgesia	postoperatively monitoring of patients that need analgesics by morphine consumption using a patient contral analgesics device that record amount of used and wanted analgesics by patients themselves	24 hours
Primary	patients pain scales	asking patients for pain at postoperative period by visual analog scale and score accordingly	24 hours