The most commonly used technique to anesthetize patients scheduled for thoracic or lumbar spine surgery is general anesthesia. Analgesic techniques vary from the use of neuraxial techniques like epidural, intrathecal, or caudal analgesia, nerve root infiltration to the use of systemic opioids, Paracetamol, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID), steroids and gabapentinoids . In 2015, a promising regional analgesia technique was reported, that targets the dorsal, rather than ventral, rami of the thoracolumbar nerves as they pass through the paraspinal musculature, and called this a thoracolumbar interfacial plane block (TLIP).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
40
After attaching basic monitors (ECG, SpO2, NIBP), the patient will take the prone position. Using the superficial probe of the ultrasound machine, the probe will be placed in transversally in midline position at selected level. The spinous process and interspinalis muscles will be identified. The probe was then moved laterally to identify the mulifidus muscle (MF) and the longissimus muscles (LG) where the local anesthetic will be injected. The needle will be advanced under real-time in-plane ultrasound guidance till it reaches the interface between the two muscles then a 1-2 ml of saline will be inserted to confirm needle site. 15 ml of bupivacaine 0.25 will be injected each side.
Mansoura university
Al Mansurah, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt
RECRUITINGpostoperative morphine consumption in milligrams
morphine consumption (mg)required to keep visual anlohue scale below 4 in the 1st 24 hours after surgery
Time frame: for the 1st 24 hours after surgery
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