Efficacy of patient-controlled paravertebral block for single intercostal video assisted thoracic surgery

Completed

• Conditions: Pain in the postoperative period; Signs and Symptoms

• Registration Number: ISRCTN24097424
• Lead Sponsor: Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University

Brief Summary

2018 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29763594

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-11-18
• Study Completion: 2017-01-31
• Last Update Posted: 20 August 2018

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 260

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients diagnosed with solitary pulmonary nodule and spontaneous pneumothorax
2. Suitable for single intercostal video assisted thoracic surgery
3. Aged 18 to 80

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients with unresectable tumors
2. Older than 80 years old

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain after surgery, measured using visual analogue score (VAS) until day 3 after surgery

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. The number of patients who receive rescue medication, measured on postoperative days 0, 1, 2 and 3<br>2. Complications after surgery, such as nausea and vomiting, hypertension, chylothorax and atrial fibrillation, measured after surgery and before discharge<br>3. The number of patients who are capable of a good cough, measured on postoperative days 0, 1, 2 and 3<br>4. Total hospital stay, measured on discharge<br>5. Time in the ICU, measured on discharge<br>6. Mortality within 30 days