Continuous Pectoral Nerve Block in Breast Cancer Surgery

Antalya Training and Research Hospital48 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effect of continuous pectoral nerve block on postoperative analgesia consumption in breast cancer surgery.

Pectoral nerve block has been developed as an alternative to thoracic paravertebral and/or thoracic epidural blocks in recent years. It is frequently applied for postoperative analgesia in breast cancer surgery.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Nerve Blocks Breast Surgery Postoperative Pain

Interventions

PECS groupPROCEDURE

Pecs block performed using ultrasound guidance. Standard pain follow up and monitorization will be performed.

Control groupOTHER

Standard pain follow up and monitorization will be performed.

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) I-II * 18-65 years * Body mass index (BMI) ≤40 kg/m2 * Elective breast cancer surgery Exclusion Criteria: * ASA ≥4 * under 18 years of age or over 65 years of age * declining to give written informed consent * history of allergy to the local anesthetics * contraendications of peripheral block or local anesthetic infiltration (local infection, coagulopathy, etc) * history of breast surgery * treatment due to psychiatric disorder * history of treatment for chronic pain * history of nerve blocks in order to treat postoperative pain

Locations (1)

Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation

Antalya, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

analgesia consumption

postoperative 12 hours

Time frame: 12 hours

Secondary Outcomes

analgesia consumption

intraoperative

Time frame: during the surgery

postoperative Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) score

postoperative pain assessment will be performed using NRS score (NRS 0=no pain, NRS 10= most severe possible). The NRS scores will be recorded at postoperative 0, 1, 3, 6, 9, 12 hours

Time frame: 0, 1, 3, 6, 9, 12 hours

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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