Paravertebral block versus thoracic epidural analgesia for video-assisted thoracic surgery
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Pain in the postoperative periodSurgery
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN20639281
- Lead Sponsor
- Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University
- Brief Summary
2023 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37573993/ (added 06/06/2024)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 176
Inclusion Criteria
Patients diagnosed with solitary pulmonary nodules and without chronic pain (with no pain medications routinely used) deemed suitable to undergo three-port single-intercostal VATS by surgeons
Exclusion Criteria
Patients with other malignancies
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain measured using the visual analogue score (VAS) in the state of rest and coughing postoperatively at 1, 6, 24, 48, and 72 hours
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. The number of patients who required rescue medication and the cumulative dezocine dose administered during postoperative days (PODs) 0-3, recorded at 8:00 on PODs 1-4<br>2. Quality of life measured using the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORCT) general quality of life questionnaire (QLQ-C30) within 1 days prior to surgery, 3 days after the operation<br>3. Overall satisfaction with analgesic modality measured using a 5-point scale (1=dissatisfied, 5=satisfied) on POD 3<br>4. Complications after surgery, such as nausea and vomiting, hypertension, chylothorax and atrial fibrillation, recorded after surgery and before discharge