Ispilateral shoulder pain after video-assisted thoracoscopy: a prospective, randomized, double-blind evaluation of the efficacy of infiltrationg the phrenic nerve at the vena azygos level.
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- Conditions
- Patients who are scheduled for elective lobectomy or pneumonectomy for non-small cell lung cancer, aged >18 years
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000030464
- Lead Sponsor
- agano Red Cross Hospital Departments of Anesthesia
- Brief Summary
Eighty-five patients were included, and their data were analyzed. These patients were randomly assigned to either phrenic nerve block group (n = 42) or control group (n = 43). There were no clinically relevant differences in demographic and surgical profiles between the groups. There was no significant difference in the incidence of ipsilateral shoulder pain (the control group 20/43 [46.5%] versus the PNB group 14/42 [33.3%]; P = .215).
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 85
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
Patients with contrateral palsy, allergy to ropivacaine, pre-operative history of ipsilateral shoulder pain
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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