Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) has become a common procedure in thoracic surgery. Severe postoperative pain may be encountered in patients undergoing VATS. Analgesic methods such as thoracic paravertebral block (TPVB), intercostal block and erector spina plane block (ESPB) are widely used for VATS. Among these methods, ultrasound (US) guided TPVB is the most preferred method. Generally, comparisons are made between ESPB and TPVB in studies and the analgesic effect is evaluated. However, no research could be found in the literature combining ESPB and TPVB. The mechanisms of regional analgesia techniques used after thoracic surgery operations are also different from each other. Therefore, it may be possible to obtain a more effective analgesic effect in patients by combining the mechanism of action of TPVB and ESPB, as in the multimodal analgesia method. This study seeks to evaluate the effect of TPVB, ESPB and combined TPVB-ESPB pain after VATS.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
75
Thoracic paravertebral block, erector spina block, and a combination of paravertebral block and erector spinae block will be applied to the patients under real-time ultrasound guidance.
Ankara Atatürk Chest Disease and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital
Keçiören, Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)
Pain scores [ Time Frame: 24 hours after the surgery]
Pain will be assessed at rest and on coughing using the visual analog scale on a scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain). Pain assessment will be done at 1st, 2nd, 4th, 8th, 16th and 24th hours after surgery.
Time frame: 24 hours
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