use of morphine through two routes of epidural and intrathecal for pain management after lung surgery

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Health Condition 1: null- patients 18 years of age, of either sex undergoing elective thoracotomy for lung cancer under anaesthesia

• Registration Number: CTRI/2017/08/009560
• Lead Sponsor: All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 24 November 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Open to Recruitment
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 0

Inclusion Criteria

A total of forty patients >18 years of age, of either sex belonging to American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I-III undergoing elective thoracotomy for lung cancer under anaesthesia will be recruited in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

Patient with infection at the site of injection for central neuraxial block, coagulopathy, spine deformity, preexisting neurological deficit, patients with history of chronic pain, patients on opioids preoperatively, drug addicts, use of any analgesics during the last 48 hours before surgery, history of allergy to opioids or local anaesthetics, patients with previous thoracic surgeries, psychiatric disease, patients with liver disease, cardiac disease, renal failure and other contraindications of central neuraxial blockade will be excluded from the study. Patients requiring postoperative mechanical ventilation will also be excluded from the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified