Comparison of pain relief and safety of doing a nerve blcok versus injection of local anaesthetics at surgical site in patients undergoing video assisted thoracic surgery
Phase 1
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: J852- Abscess of lung without pneumoniaHealth Condition 2: O- Medical and SurgicalHealth Condition 3: G700- Myasthenia gravis
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2018/10/015914
- Lead Sponsor
- Department Of Anaesthesiology Pain Medicine and Critical Care
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
ASA I OR II
Patients scheduled for VATS
Exclusion Criteria
Patient refusal
Known allergy to local anesthetics
Bleeding diathesis
Patients suffering from chronic pain
Inability to operate PCA pump
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method VAS score for pain and total analgesic requirementTimepoint: VAS (visual analogue scale) score at rest and during movement is assessed at 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24 hours after surgery. <br/ ><br>All patients are given PCA morphine pump after ensuring a VAS of less than 4 with the use of morphine 3mg iv bolus. PCA will be provided with 1 mg morphine bolus with a lock out time of 10 minutes,allowing a maximum dose of 20mg in 4 hours.The time taken for the first use of PCA is noted. <br/ ><br>PCA morphine consumption is assessed at the end of 6 12 and 24 hours.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Incidence of side effects- PONV, pruritis, neurological sequelae,local side effects, respiratory depressionTimepoint: 24 hours;Intraoperative hemodynamics and blood lossTimepoint: Intraoperative;Overall patient satisfaction for pain managementTimepoint: 24 hours