This is a one-armed trial of two regional anesthesia (peripheral nerve block) techniques to provide postoperative analgesia after bilateral mastectomy. The two techniques are paravertebral block and erector spinae plane (ESP) block. Patients will serve as their own controls, with one block technique applied on one side of the body and the other technique contralaterally. Anatomical distribution of block effectiveness will be assessed with thermal imaging, and this distribution will be visually compared between the two techniques.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
8
Regional anesthesia with injected local anesthetic solution, placed in space underlying erector spinae muscles
Regional anesthesia with injected local anesthetic solution, placed in space adjacent to vertebrae
University of New Mexico Outpatient Surgical and Imaging Services
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Skin Temperature Increase From Baseline
Thermography-measured increase in temperature of skin affected by nerve block
Time frame: 30 minutes
Average Skin Temperature
Thermography-measured temperature of skin affected by nerve block
Time frame: 30 minutes
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