NCT03409068

C2-C4 Compartment Block Versus Block of Costagliola, in TEAC

The Effectiveness of C2-C4 Compartment Block Versus Block of Costagliola, in the Control of Persistent Postoperative Pain in Patients Undergoing Carotid Thromboendarterectomy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: San Salvatore Hospital of L'Aquila · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

C2-C4 compartment block compared to the Costaiola block, in the control of persistent postoperative pain (somatic and neuropathic) in patients undergoing carotid thromboendarterectomy

Detailed description

A comparative analysis will assess the somatic pain (scores ≥4 on the NRS scale) and neurapathic pain (by the Lindblom roller and Von Frei hair tests) between group A (block group of the C2-C4 compartment ) and the control group B (block group according to Costagliola), during the 3 months after surgery.

Conditions

• Somatic Pain
• Neuropathic Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	C2-C4 compartment anesthetic block	C2-C4 compartment anesthetic block is performed by injecting levobupivacaine 0.375% 20 mL between the posterior face of the middle scalenus muscle, the anterior face of the posterior scalene muscle and the lower plane of the sternoscleidomastoid muscle.
PROCEDURE	Costagliola block	Costagliola block is performed by injected by injecting levobupivacaine 0.375% 20 mL along the anterior and the posterior border of sternocleidomastoid muscle

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-03-28
• Primary completion: 2018-11-28
• Completion: 2019-01-18
• First posted: 2018-01-24
• Last updated: 2019-04-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy