The Effect of Double Injection Erector Spinae Plane Block on Postoperative Pain Following Breast Surgery

Kocaeli University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Postoperative Pain; Breast Cancer

Treatments: Device: Intravenous Morphine patient controlled analgesia device; Other: Erector Spinae Plane Block

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03415646

2017-377

Details and patient eligibility

About

Postoperative analgesia in breast surgery is a difficult and overworked issue due to extensive surgery and complex innervation of the breast. Erector spinae plane block (ESB) is a new defined regional anesthesia technique for thoracic analgesia.Main purpose of this study was to evaluate the analgesic effect of ultrasound guided double injection ESB in breast surgery.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 25 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 25-70 years of age
• ASA I-II
• Undergoing elective breast cancer surgery

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: Single Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Block Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Erector Spinae Plane Block administered group

Treatment:

Device: Intravenous Morphine patient controlled analgesia device

Other: Erector Spinae Plane Block

Control Group

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Control group

Treatment:

Device: Intravenous Morphine patient controlled analgesia device