Comparison of Thoracic Epidural Analgesia and Intercostal Blockade in Patients Undergoing Thoracotomy

Ankara University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Analgesia, Postoperative

Treatments

Other: epidural

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03721250

Ank230918

Details and patient eligibility

About

Postoperative pain is an important issue after thoracotomy operations. Thoracic epidural analgesia is most popular analgesic method, but sometimes it is not sufficient for pain. This study is designed to compare intercostal block with thoracic epidural analgesia in patients undergoing thoracotomy

Enrollment

50 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

lung cancer

Exclusion criteria

patient refusal bleeding diathesisi emergency cases