Living donor liver transplantation has become a common treatment option for patients with end-stage liver disease. Donor hepatectomy is associated with significant postoperative pain due to inverted L-shaped incision. Therefore adequate analgesia is important for recovery. Erector Spinae Plane Block (ESPB) is a safe anesthesia technique used to provide postoperative analgesia. This study aimed to compare the novel ultrasound-guided ESPB technique with controls in terms of postoperative opioid consumption and postoperative pain control on donor patients.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
41
Intravenous fentanyl patient control device 48-hour fentanyl consumption will be recorded.
Intravenous fentanyl patient control device 48-hour fentanyl consumption will be recorded.
Istanbul Medipol University Hospital
Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)
Opioid consumption
The amount of fentanyl required by the patient and given by the device will be recorded for the first 48 hours.
Time frame: Change from baseline opioid consumption at postoperative 0, 2, 4, 6, 12, 24, 36 and 48 hours
Visual Analog Scale
Pain of patients will be evaluated and recorded according to the Visual Analog Scale.
Time frame: Change from baseline pain scores at postoperative 0, 2, 4, 6, 12, 24, 36 and 48 hours
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