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The Effects of Serratus Anterior Plane Block on Postoperative Quality of Recovery and Analgesia After Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery

NCT02311517 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 90

Last updated 2019-02-18

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Summary

Postoperative pain still remains a challenging problem in patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). However, there is no gold standard for regional analgesia for VATS. Serratus anterior plane block (SPB) under ultrasound guidance has been described recently to achieve complete paresthesia of the hemithorax. Therefore, SPB has the possibility to provide analgesia following thoracic surgery. Pain following surgery is a critical side effect of surgery, which increases the risk of complications and delays a recovery. Therefore, SPB may help not only reduce pain following VATS, but also increase the quality of recovery. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of ultrasound-guided SPB on the quality of recovery and pain in patients undergoing VATS.

Conditions

  • Postoperative Quality of Recovery and Analgesia After Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery

Interventions

DRUG

Ropivacaine

90 patients are randomly allocated into two groups: ropivacaine group (n=45), saline group (n=40). In the ropivacaine group, ultrasound-guided serratus anterior plane block is performed with 0.4 ml/kg of 0.375% ropivacaine after induction of anesthesia. In the saline group, ultrasound-guided serratus anterior plane block is performed with 0.4 ml/kg saline after induction of anesthesia.

DRUG

Normal Saline

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Yonsei University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-01-28
Primary Completion
2016-07-28
Completion
2016-07-28

Countries

  • South Korea

Study Locations

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