Thoracic epidural anesthesia for percutaneous radiofrequency abalaion of hepatocellular carcinoma
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Diseases of the digestive system
- Registration Number
- KCT0002606
- Lead Sponsor
- Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 223
Inclusion Criteria
We enrolled physical status 1 to 3 patients (according to
American Society of Anesthesiologists criteria), who were = 20
years of age and scheduled to receive percutaneous
RFA to treat hepatocellular carninoma.
Exclusion Criteria
Exclusion criteria were hypersensitiviey to local anesthetics, infection at the injection site, sepsis, and coagulopathy (derined as an international normalized ratio (INR) > 1.4 or a platelet count < 100,000/ mm3) were excluded from the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational Study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method analgesic efficacy using the numeric rating scale (NRS)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method rate of patients requiring additional analgesics;incidence rate of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV);incidence rate of side effects