Sacral Erector Spinae Plane Blocks in Pediatric Patients

Completed

• Conditions: Postoperative Pain
• Interventions: Procedure: Sacral ESPB

• Registration Number: NCT05415046
• Lead Sponsor: Kocaeli University

Brief Summary

Patients who were operated by Department of Pediatric Surgery and who received sacral erector spinae plane blocks as a part of postoperative analgesia management will be scanned.

Detailed Description

Erector spinae plane block (ESPB) is a safe and effective regional anesthesia technique in pediatric patients and can be performed at any level of the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae. In addition, ESPB can be performed at the sacral region in the midline. In pediatric patients, sacral ESPB provides effective analgesia and this method can replace caudal blocks.

This study aims to investigate the efficacy of sacral ESPB retrospectively. Demographical data of the patient, indication/surgery type, total volume applied, additional analgesic use, type of the analgesic if used will be investigated.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-06-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-06-08
• Study First Posted: 2022-06-10
• Study Start: 2022-06-15
• Primary Completion: 2022-07-07
• Study Completion: 2022-07-08
• Status Verified: 2022-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-08-16
• Last Update Posted: 2022-08-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 15

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients who were operated by Department of Pediatric Surgery

Exclusion Criteria

• Incomplete patient forms

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Sacral ESPB	Sacral ESPB	Sacral erector spinae plane block performed with 0,25% bupivacaine (1 mL/kg-max 20mL), under general anesthesia before the start of the surgery.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Rescue analgesic-ibuprofen	During the postoperative 24th hour.	The need and amount of the oral ibuprofen given
Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability (FLACC) Scale	Postoperative 24th hour.	The scale is scored in a range of 0-10 with 0 representing no pain (meaning a better outcome). The scale has five criteria, which are each assigned a score of 0, 1 or 2.
Rescue analgesic-paracetamol	During the postoperative 24th hour.	The need and amount of the IV paracetamol given

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Kocaeli University Hospital; 🇹🇷 Kocaeli, Turkey