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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
NameTimeMethod
analgesic efficacy using the numeric rating scale (NRS)
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
rate of patients requiring additional analgesics;incidence rate of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV);incidence rate of side effects
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