Comparing the perioperative analgesic effect of two different volumes of local anesthetic solution in erector spinae plane block in patients undergoing modified radical mastectomy. A randomized comparative study.
Breast cancer is the most common malignancy among females with incidence of about 2.1 million women each year. Modified Radical Mastectomy (MRM) is one of the main surgical treatments of breast cancer. Pain can be severe enough to cause long-term disabilities and interfere with sleep and performance of daily activities . Multiple regional techniques have been developed in recent years for postoperative analgesia of breast surgery inkling erector spinae plane block (ESPB) aiming to be effective and associated with less complications when compared to the gold standard techniques (thoracic epidural analgesia or paravertebral block). Ultrasound guided erector spinae plane block (ESPB) was described in 2016 as a novel regional anesthetic technique for acute and chronic thoracic pain, it has been used as a regional anesthetic technique for breast surgery based on case reports and case series. It is a paraspinal fascial plane block that involves injection of local anesthetic deep in the erector spinae muscle and superficial to the tips of the thoracic transverse processes. The site of injection is distant from the pleura, major blood vessels, and spinal cord.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
52
Patients will preoperatively receive high concentration-low volume ultrasound guided Erector Spinae Plane block, and then the patient will be transferred to the operating room (one syringe of 15 ml bupivacaine 0.5% {15 ml bupivacaine 0.5% }, for each patient).
Patients will preoperatively receive low concentration-high volume ultrasound guided Erector Spinae Plane block, and then the patient will be transferred to the operating room ) one syringe of 30ml bupivacaine 0.25% {15 ml bupivacaine 0.5% and 15ml normal saline}, for each patient.
Cairo Univesity
Cairo, Egypt
Total morphine consumption
Rescue analgesia will be provided in the form of intravenous morphine 3 mg boluses if the patient indicates visual analogue scale ≥ 4. The total amount of morphine given in 24 hours will be recorded for the two groups. A maximum dose of 0.5 mg/kg/24hours of morphine is allowed. Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) (0 represents "no pain" while 10 represents "the worst pain imaginable").
Time frame: 24 hours postoperative
Time 1st rescue analgesia
All patients will receive paracetamol 1gm and intravenous ketorolac 30mg will be provided as a part of multimodal analgesia. Rescue analgesia will be provided in the form of intravenous morphine 3 mg boluses if the patient indicates visual analogue scale ≥ 4. The total amount of morphine given in 24 hours will be recorded for the two groups. A maximum dose of 0.5 mg/kg/24hours of morphine is allowed. Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) (0 represents "no pain" while 10 represents "the worst pain imaginable").
Time frame: 24 hours postoperative
Pain score
Each patient will be instructed about postoperative pain assessment with the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). VAS (0 represents "no pain" while 10 represents "the worst pain imaginable").it will be assess at 0 , 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24 hours postoperatively.
Time frame: 24 hours postoperative
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