Evaluation of Dermatomal Distribution in the Erector Spinae Plane (ESP) Block

Universidad de Antioquia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pain, Postoperative; Pain, Chronic

Treatments: Procedure: Erector Spinae Plane Block

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03831581

UdeA1003

Details and patient eligibility

About

Interventional study that evaluate dermatomal distribution and its demographic determinants in patients who underwent to Erector Spinae Plane (ESP) block

Full description

Interventional study that evaluate dermatomal distribution with pinprick and cold, and its demographic determinants in patients who underwent to Erector Spinae Plane (ESP) block with 20 ml of bupivacaine 0.5% at the thoracic level in patients with pain in the thorax and upper abdomen.

Enrollment: 16 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients older than 18 years, in the acute / chronic pain service that presents pain in the thoracic region and / or upper hemiabdomen.

Exclusion criteria

• Women in pregnancy
• Patients with less than 50 Kg of weight
• Dissent of informed consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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16 participants in 1 patient group

Erector Spinae Plane Block

Experimental group

Description:

Patients with chest pain or upper abdomen underwent Erector Spinae Plane Block guided by ultrasound, bupivacaine 0.5% 20 ml was administered in the interfascial plane between the transverse process of T5 and the erector muscles of the spine, 60 minutes after dermatomes distribution was evaluated with pinprick and cold.

Treatment:

Procedure: Erector Spinae Plane Block