Erector Spinae Plane Block in Liver Transplantation Donors

Medipol University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pain, Postoperative

Treatments: Procedure: Erector Spinae Plane Block; Procedure: Intravenous fentanyl patient control device

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05406388

MEDIPOLU-973

Details and patient eligibility

About

Living donor liver transplantation has become a common treatment option for patients with end-stage liver disease. Donor hepatectomy is associated with significant postoperative pain due to inverted L-shaped incision. Therefore adequate analgesia is important for recovery.

Erector Spinae Plane Block (ESPB) is a safe anesthesia technique used to provide postoperative analgesia. This study aimed to compare the novel ultrasound-guided ESPB technique with controls in terms of postoperative opioid consumption and postoperative pain control on donor patients.

Enrollment: 41 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Donor patients scheduled for elective hepatectomy in liver transplantation surgery
• ASA I-II
• Patients who are aged between 18-65

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who do not accept the procedure
• Skin infection at the site of Erector Spina Plan Block area
• Coagulation disorder or using anticoagulant drugs
• Known local anesthetics and opioid allergy
• Severe pulmonary and/or cardiovascular problems
• Substance addiction or known psychiatric or mental problems
• Chronic painkiller usage
• Pregnancy or lactation

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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41 participants in 2 patient groups

Erector Spinae Plane Block

Active Comparator group

Description:

Erector Spinae Plane Block for Postoperative Analgesia

Treatment:

Procedure: Erector Spinae Plane Block

Control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

No regional anesthesia technique will be applied to the control group.

Treatment:

Procedure: Intravenous fentanyl patient control device