A comparative study between chest wall nerve block vs conventional IV analgesics for post-operative pain management in breast cancer patients undergoing modified radical mastectomy.
Phase 4
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: C509- Malignant neoplasm of breast of unspecified site
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/10/058992
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Anaesthesiology RIMS Ranchi
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
Adult female patients aged =18 year who will undergo elective MRM surgery at the RIMS,
RANCHI and who met the criteria of classes I–III of the American Society of Anesthesiology
(ASA) classification will be eligible for inclusion in the study
Exclusion Criteria
Age <18, pregnancy and refusal to participate in the study constituted the exclusion
criteria. Also, patients who would unconscious or mentally incompetent prior to surgery, or who
would in ASA classes IV or V, or had coagulopathy or hemodynamic instability (systolic blood
pressure <90 mmHg, mean arterial pressure <60 mmHg), or a history of opioid abuse or of
allergic reactions to opiates or to local anesthetic agents wil be excluded from the study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Assessment of the level of post-operative pain (on NRS scores) <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Post-operative pain on NRS score at post-op 0,1,2,4,12 and 24 hours. <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method (1) Time needed to the first rescue analgesic in minutes. <br/ ><br>(2) Cumulative dose of rescue analgesic needed (cumulative dose of tramadol & fentanyl). <br/ ><br>(3)Rate of patient satisfaction (on a 1 to 10 scale). <br/ ><br>(4)The incidence of nausea & any attack of post-operative vomiting <br/ ><br>(5)The incidence of any of the serratus anterior plane blocks complications e.g. injection site hematoma or signs or symptoms of local anesthetic toxicity. <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Timepoint: post-op period upto patient discharge.