Efficacy of Ultrasound Guided Erector Spinae Plane Block Versus Ultrasound Guided Serratus Anterior Plane Block for Postoperative Pain Control Following Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgeries (VATS): Randomized Control Trial

ConditionPost Operative Pain Control

Trial statusRecruiting

Trial phaseNot applicable

Trial typeInterventional

Biological sexAll

Age25-70

SponsorAin Shams University

About this trial

The aim of the study is to compare the analgesic efficacy of Erector spinae plane block versus Serratus anterior plane block in patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgeries.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Patients with American Society of Anesthesiology physical status ASA I, II and III.

Patients aged between 25 and 70 years.

patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgeries (VATS), including pleurectomy, bullectomy, sympathectomy, esophagectomy, decortication, lobectomy, and pneumonectomy.

Disqualifiers

Patients below age of 25 or above age of 70.

Patient refusal.

Allergy to local anesthetic drugs.

Bleeding or coagulation disorder.

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

Erector Spinae (ESP) Block with Bupivacaine (Marcaine®)
Procedure/Surgery
Ultrasound Guided Erector Spinae Plane block using 20 mL of 0.25% bupivacaine.
Serratus anterior plane block (SAP)
Procedure/Surgery
Ultrasound Guided Serratus Anterior Plane Block using 20 mL of 0.25% bupivacaine.

Treatment groups

50 Participants

are divided into 2 treatment groups

Group A: Erectror Spinae Plane BlockActive comparator 1 intervention

Group B: Serratus Anterior Plane BlockActive comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

Visual analogue scale for Assessing postoperative pain control

Assessing The difference in postoperative pain control between both groups as determined by assessing the visual analogue scale

Time frame

after ICU admission at 2, 4, 8, 16, 24 hours post operative.

Sponsors and contacts

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Ain Shams University

Lead sponsor

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