Comparison of Two Different Methods for Reducing Pain After Lung Surgery

N/AActive Not RecruitingNCT06260137

Uludag University60 enrolled

Overview

The goal of this clinical study is to compare the effectiveness of the Rhomboid Intercostal Block and Sub-Servitus plan block and the effectiveness of the Rhomboid intercostal block in patients with video-supported thoracoscopic surgery. The main question it aims to answer is: Which of these two blocks more effectively reduces the patients' pain?

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Postoperative Analgesia

Interventions

Rhomboid intercostal blockPROCEDURE

Patients will be injected with a local anesthetic drug under the rhomboid intercostal muscle before surgery.

Rhomboid intercostal and subserratus plane blockPROCEDURE

Patients will be injected with a local anesthetic drug under the rhomboid intercostal muscle and the serrates anterior muscle before surgery.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 80 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients in American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classes I, II and III for whom VATS is planned Exclusion Criteria: * Known or suspected local anesthetic allergy * coagulopathy * injection site infection * history of thoracic surgery * serious neurological or psychiatric disorder * severe cardiovascular disease * liver failure * renal failure

Locations (1)

Hastane

Bursa, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Postoperative analgesia

Patients' VAS scores and additional analgesic needs in the first 48 hours will be evaluated. VAS (visual pain scale) corresponds to a value between 0 and 10. A value of 0 means no pain, and a value of 10 is the most severe pain.

Time frame: first 48 hours postoperatively

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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