Pain after breast cancer surgery could be severe and about 1/3 of patients will develop chronic pain. The PECBLOCK is the injection of local anesthetics between the two pectoral muscles to block pectoral nerves and intercostal nerves innervating the breast. The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of the PECBLOCK performed under echoguidance in minor and major breast surgery. The prevention of chronic pain following surgery will also be evaluated.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
128
Performance of block under echography
CHUM
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
University Hospital, Limoges
Limoges, France
Pain score at rest in the recovery room
Using a 0-10 verbal numerical scale where 0 is no pain and 10 the worst pain imaginable
Time frame: 30 min after entering the recovery room or just before morphine administration if needed
Total morphine consumption in the recovery room
When surgery is over and the patient is brought to the recovery room, the total morphine consumption in mg used in the recovery (for pain less than 4/10) is recorded
Time frame: in the recovery room before discharge (after 1 h on average))
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