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Efficacy of SAP Block Versus ESP Block in VATS Surgery

NCT03862612 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2020-05-04

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Summary

During VATS (Video assisted thoracic surgery) small incisions are made in the patient's chest through which a camera and instruments are inserted to allow a lung operation to be performed. Often patients experience a substantial amount of pain and difficult recovery after this type of operation. Anaesthesiologists sometimes use "Regional Anaesthesia" to minimise the pain and help patient recovery after the operation. This involves injecting local anaesthesia into the nerves around the chest wall to effectively numb that part of the chest. There is a variety of different locations on the chest wall where the local anaesthetic can be deposited and no study has measured whether one technique is better than the other in terms of improving patients' recovery experience. Our study compares two new techniques for Regional Anaesthesia after this type of surgery. Participants will be randomly assigned (like tossing a coin) to receive either a SAP (Serratus Anterior Plane) or ESP (Erector Spinae Plane) Block. Both techniques are described within last five years, but have never been compared for chest surgery

Conditions

  • Regional Anesthesia Morbidity

Interventions

PROCEDURE

regional anaesthesia with Levobupivicaine 0.25% 30mls with two methods either erector spinae plane block or serratus anterior plane block

Erector Spinae Plane Block will be compared to the Serratus Anterior Plane Block in patients undergoing Video assissted thoracic surgery

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Mater Misericordiae University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Donal Buggy · Professor of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-06-05
Primary Completion
2020-03-05
Completion
2020-04-02

Countries

  • Ireland

Study Locations

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