It is a study to see the effect of erector spinae plane block in post herpetic neuralgia patients.
- Conditions
- Zoster with other complications,
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/08/044958
- Lead Sponsor
- Pt BD Sharma PGIMS Rohtak
- Brief Summary
This is a prospective, open labelled study to be conducted in Department of anesthesiology, Pt BD Sharma PGIMS Rohtak. Thirty patients of either sex with age above 30 yrs with post herpetic neuralgia of thoracic region will be included in the study when there is no response to 4-week analgesic and conservative treatment. After explaining about the intervention and taking informed written consent patients will be given USG guided erector spinae plane block. Pain assessment will be done before the procedure and after the procedure (30 min, 1 week, 4 week).
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Not Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Thirty patients of either sex above thirty years of age having persistent pain after acute phase of unilateral thoracic herpes zoster not responding to four weeks of analgesics and conservative therapy.
Patients with known contraindications for block interventions eg infection at site of block, coagulopathy, history of adverse reaction to fentanyl and ropivacaine, uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, patients not consenting for ESPB.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain assessment before procedure using Visual analog Scale and thirty minutes, one week and four weeks after procedure using Numerical Rating Scale. a)Before procedure. | b)Thirty minutes after procedure. | c)One week after procedure. | d)Four weeks after procedure.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Not Applicable Not Applicable
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Pt BDS PGIMS Rohtak
🇮🇳Rohtak, HARYANA, India
Pt BDS PGIMS Rohtak🇮🇳Rohtak, HARYANA, IndiaDr Shivani SunariaPrincipal investigator9992689503drshivanisunariya@gmail.com