Analgesic Effect of Intravenous Patient-Controlled Analgesia (IV PCA) Versus Paravertebral Block After Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS)

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Postoperative Pain After Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery
• Interventions: Procedure: PCA; Procedure: paravertebral block

• Registration Number: NCT01538914
• Lead Sponsor: Seoul National University Hospital

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the analgesic effect of paravertebral block with that of intravenous patient-controlled analgesia after video assisted thoracic surgery.

Detailed Description

Not available

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2012-02-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-02-23
• Study First Posted: 2012-02-24
• Study Start: 2013-02
• Primary Completion: 2015-02
• Study Completion: 2015-10
• Status Verified: 2016-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-04-19
• Last Update Posted: 2016-04-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 76

Inclusion Criteria

• patients receiving video assisted thoracic surgery

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Exclusion Criteria

• patients with cardiovascular disease
• patients with neurologic disease
• patients with contraindications to paravertebral block or epidural block
• patients with history of previous VATS
• patients with pain at the expected incision site

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
PCA	PCA	Postoperatve pain is controlled with intravenous PCA.
PVB	paravertebral block	Postoperative pain is controlled with local analgesics delivered via PVB.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
severity of acute postoperative pain when moving	24 hours after VATS

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Seoul National University Hospital; 🇰🇷 Seoul, Korea, Republic of