Comparison of Ultrasonography Guided Serratus Anterior Plane Block and Thoracic Paravertebral Block in Thoracic Surgery

Postoperative Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Comparison of Ultrasonography Guided Serratus Anterior Plane Block and Thoracic Paravertebral Block in Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery: A Prospective Randomized Double-blind Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04235530
• Other study ID #: 2018-7/27
• Status: Completed
• Start date: April 15, 2018
• Est. completion date: February 1, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: January 2020
• Source: Bursa Yüksek Ihtisas Education and Research Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational [Patient Registry]

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study is comparison of the effectiveness of ultrasound guided serratus anterior plane block and thoracic paravertebral block as a preventive analgesia method after VATS. Our secondary aim is to investigate patient and surgeon satisfaction, duration of block application, postoperative complications and hospital lenght of stay.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 5
• Est. completion date: February 1, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: October 15, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• aged between 18 and 65 years

• ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists) score I-II

Exclusion Criteria:

• inability to communicate

• body mass index (BMI) > 35 kg/m2

• infection in the area where the block was to be applied

• allergy to the drugs used

• mentally impaired

• bleeding impaired

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Pain, Postoperative
• Postoperative Pain

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Bursa Yuksek Ihtisas Education and Research Hospital	Bursa

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Merve Sena BAYTAR

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	pain scores in rest and coughing	Pain scores observed after surgery at 0, 1 ,2 ,6 ,12 ,24 th hours by visual analog scale. We assessed pain scores both in rest and coughing. This scale scores pain from 0 to 10. 0 means no pain and 10 means unbearable pain.	24 hours
Primary	consumption of opioids	We observed how much opioid ( how many miligrams) the patient consumed in 24 hours postoperatively with pca device.	24 hours
Secondary	postoperative complications	we compare postoperative complications like nausea, vomiting, constipation, pruritus first 24 hours after surgery.	24 hours
Secondary	lenght of hospital stay	we compared how many days the patients stayed in the hospital until discharge	48 hours