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A Pilot Study of Ultrasound-guided Serratus Plane Block for Analgesia after Breast Cancer Surgery: Description of Technique, Block Dynamics and Clinical Efficacy

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Breast cancer surgery
Serratus plane block&#44
ultrasound guidance&#44
peripheral nerve block&#44
analgesia&#44
breast cancer surgery
Registration Number
TCTR20170709001
Lead Sponsor
Chulalongkorn University
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
20
Inclusion Criteria

Consenting 20 patients, aged between 17 to 70 years old, ASA
physical status I-III, and scheduled to undergo elective modified radical mastectomy
or mastectomy with sentinel lymph node biopsy will be recruited for this study.

Exclusion Criteria

Patient refusal, BMI > 35kg/m2, pregnancy, coagulopathy, known
allergy to local anesthetic drugs or drugs used in the study, pre-existing neurological
or muscular disorders, previous chest surgery and skin infection over the site of
needle insertion, will be excluded.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
,Block dynamics of ultrasound-guided serratus plane block 45 min after block verbal rating scale (VRS) for sensory assessment
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Side effects related to the ultrasound-guided serratus plane block peri-operative period incidence,Complications related to the ultrasound-guided serratus plane block peri-operative period incidence
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