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The Effect of Thoracal Paravertebral Block on Seroma Reduction in Breast Surgery

NCT03650868 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2019-02-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Thoracal paravertebral block (TPVB) is a commonly prefferred regional anesthesia technique to provide postoperative analgesia. In addition, the successful use of TPVB is reported for some seroma related pain cases. Postoperative analgesia in breast surgery is a difficult and overworked issue due to etensive surgery and complex innervation of the breast and in addition to this complex mechanisms, seroma accumulation has a negative effect for patients postoperatively. With this study, the investigators aimed to study the effect of TPVB on seroma reduction for breast cancer surgery.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Thoracal paravertebral block

Thoracal paravertebral block will be performed before the surgery to the TPVB group.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Kocaeli University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Alparslan Kus · Kocaeli Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-09-01
Primary Completion
2019-02-01
Completion
2019-02-26

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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