Bilateral vs. Unilateral Erector Spinae Plane Block

Kocaeli University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cholecystitis; Gallstone; Postoperative Pain

Treatments: Procedure: Unilateral ESP Block; Device: Intravenous Morphine patient controlled analgesia device; Procedure: Bilateral ESP Block

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03781687

KIA 2018/488

Details and patient eligibility

About

The importance of multimodal analgesia for postoperative pain management is well known and regional anesthesia techniques are commonly prefferred to provide better analgesia. Erector spinae plane block (ESB) is a new defined and effective regional anesthesia technique. But two injections can be unconfortable for some patients. With this study, we aimed to compare the analgesia effect of bilateral and unilateral ESP block for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Enrollment: 90 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ASA I-II patients
• Pateints undergoing elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Exclusion criteria

• obesity (body mass index >35 kg/m2)
• infection of the skin at the site of needle puncture area
• patients with known allergies to any of the study drugs
• coagulopathy
• recent use of analgesic drugs

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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90 participants in 2 patient groups

Bilateral

Active Comparator group

Description:

Bilateral ESP block will be performed

Treatment:

Device: Intravenous Morphine patient controlled analgesia device

Procedure: Bilateral ESP Block

Unilateral

Active Comparator group

Description:

Unilateral ESP block will be performed

Treatment:

Device: Intravenous Morphine patient controlled analgesia device

Procedure: Unilateral ESP Block