The Effect of Ultrasound-Guided Erector Spinae Block on Respiratory Function After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Konya Meram State Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Postoperative Pain; Respiratory Function; Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Treatments: Procedure: Bilateral Erector Spinae Block; Other: Control

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03815799

ESP-RF

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to assess the effect of ultrasound guided erector spinae block in control of the postoperative pain and the respiratory functions after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Enrollment: 68 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) physical status I-II patients who were scheduled for elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Exclusion criteria

• Patients refusal
• Contraindications for regional anesthesia
• Alcohol or drug abuse
• Chronic opioid intake
• Patient with psychiatric disorders
• Use of pain killers within the 24 h before the operation
• Respiratory tract infection within the last 2 weeks
• Smoker or history of smoking
• Allergy to local anesthetics
• Respiratory and allergic diseases
• Cardiac disease associated with dyspnea

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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68 participants in 2 patient groups

Erector Spinae Plane Block Group

Experimental group

Description:

Procedure: In addition to routine standard perioperative and postoperative analgesic protocol participants will recieve erector spinae block under ultrasound guidence after the strict aseptic precautions.

Treatment:

Procedure: Bilateral Erector Spinae Block

Control

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Routine standard perioperative and postoperative analgesic protocol will be given.

Treatment:

Other: Control