Erector Spinae Plane Block Analgesia for Lumbar Spine Fusion Surgery

Benha University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Pain, Postoperative

Treatments: Drug: Erector spinae plane block; Drug: sham subcutaneous infiltration

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04749095

erector spinae plane block

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a bilateral ultrasound guided erector spinae plane block on the pain scores and opoid utiliziation in fusion surgery of the lumbar spine.

Enrollment: 45 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• American Society of Anesthesiologists class I-III adult patients
• BMI less than or equal 35 kg/m2

Exclusion criteria

• Patient refusal
• unable to give consent
• age < 18 or > 65
• BMI more than 35 kg/m2
• known allergy to the study medication
• coagulopathies or on anticoagulant medications
• hepatic insufficiency
• renal insufficiency
• chronic opioid use

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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45 participants in 2 patient groups

Erector block

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Drug: Erector spinae plane block

sham block

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Drug: sham subcutaneous infiltration