Modified radical mastectomy (MRM) is one of the most performed surgeries for breast cancer. MRM is associated with significant pain during the immediate postoperative period.
Modified radical mastectomy (MRM) is one of the most performed surgeries for breast cancer. MRM is associated with significant pain during the immediate postoperative period. Inadequate pain management has both psychological and physiological repercussions. Various local or regional nerve blocks like thoracic epidural, interscalene brachial plexus, paravertebral, pectoral nerve blocks, and erector spinae plane blocks are performed in MRM to provide analgesia. Ultrasound-guided Erector spinae plane block (USG-ESPB) is one of the novel and effective regional techniques where local anaesthetic is deposited deep into the erector spinae muscle, blocking the ventral and dorsal rami of multiple spinal nerves, and is technically simple, with fewer hemodynamic side effects and with minimal complications
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
70
The patients were placed in lateral decubitus position with the operation site up. The probe was placed vertically 3 cm lateral to the T5 spinous process, and the transverse process was identified as an oval hyperechoic sonographic structure. The needle was introduced in an in-plane fashion until the tip lay deep in the erector spinae muscle. 0.5 mL of normal saline was injected to confirm the correct needle tip position by visualizing the spread under the erector spinae muscle. A total of 0.4 mL kg-1 of 0.25% bupivacaine was injected. between the erector spinae muscle and transverse process.
Serratus anterior plane block was administered to patient in the supine position with ipsilateral arm abducted to 90°. Under aseptic precautions, linear probe was placed over the midclavicular region in the sagittal plane. Ribs were counted inferiorly and laterally until the fifth rib was identified in midaxillary line. Latissimus dorsi, teres major, and serratus anterior muscles were identified overlying the fifth rib. The intended puncture site was infiltrated with 2 mL of 2% lignocaine, and using ultrasound-guided in-plane approach, the needle was introduced in caudal to cranial direction until the tip was placed between the serratus anterior muscle and external intercostal muscle.
Benha University
Banhā, Egypt
time of the first rescue analgesic dose
The time when the first dose of rescue analgesia was administered at the recovery room,
Time frame: 24 hours postoperatively
Heart rate changes
Heart rate (HR) was recorded immediately before induction of anaesthesia, 1
Time frame: 15 minutes after performing the block, and then every 30 minutes intraoperatively till the end of surgery, then postoperatively at 1hour and 2 hours, 4hours, 8hours, 12hours, 18hours, 24hours postoperatively.
Mean arterial pressure changes
Mean arterial pressure
Time frame: 15 minutes after performing the block, and then every 30 minutes intraoperatively till the end of surgery, then postoperatively at 1hour and 2 hours, 4hours, 8hours, 12hours, 18hours, 24hours postoperatively.
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