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Evaluation of ultrasound-guided rhomboid intercostal nerve block for postoperative analgesia in breast cancer surgery: A prospective, randomized, controlled trial

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
breast cancer
postoperative pain
Cancer - Breast
Anaesthesiology - Pain management
Registration Number
ACTRN12619000879167
Lead Sponsor
Basak ALTIPARMAK
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
60
Inclusion Criteria

Patients between 18-70 years old, with American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I-II, and scheduled for an elective unilateral mastectomy surgery with sentinel node biopsy and Modified Radical Mastectomy surgery with axillary lymph node dissection.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients with coagulation disorder, chronic opioid use, psychologic disorder, known allergy to study drugs, history of previous mastectomy or other thoracic surgery, body mass index >? 35 kg m2, inability to use patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) device and surgical time longer than 150 minutes.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
quality of recovery levels between groups by using 40-point QoR-40 questionnaire[At the postoperative 24th hour ]
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Postoperative pain scores between groups by using 11-points Numerical Rating Scale scores [At the postoperative 15th min and 30th min, 1st h (secondary time-point), 2nd h, 6th h, 12th h, and 24th h];rescue analgesic consumptions between groups as assessed by data linkage to medical records [at the postoperative 24th hour ];Total postoperative morphine consumption in the first 24 hour. Morphine consumption will be calculated directly checking the morphine delivery times recorded on patient-controlled-analgesia devise.[At the postoperative 24th hour ]
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