NCT04665531

Postoperative Analgesia With a Catheter Under the Erector Spinae Muscle for Videothoracoscopic Lung Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: Surgery Bitenc · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of the research is to prove the analgesic efficacy of a novel technique in regional anaesthesia, i.e. the catheter under the erector spinae muscle (ESC). Investigators will evaluate the use of the ESC for analgesia after video-assisted thoracoscopic lung surgeries in comparison to the standard method of post-operative analgesia, which is the multiple level intercostal block given at the end of surgery by the surgeon. Investigators will compare the amount of opioid analgesics required by the patient using the patient controlled pump, the pain status in 48-hours after surgery and compare the differences between pre- and post-operative main inspiratory pressure and main expiratory pressure measurements between the two research groups.

Conditions

• Neoplasm of Lung
• Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Erector Spinae Catheter	Patients in the experimental group will receive the Erector Spinae Catheter with an initial bolus ob 20ml 0,5% levobupivacaine prior the surgery and will be administered local anesthetics for 48 hours post-operatively.
PROCEDURE	Intercostal block	Patients in the comparative group will receive standard treatment, i.e. the multi-level intercostal block with 20ml 0,5% levobupivacaine administered at the end of the surgery by the surgeon.
DRUG	Ropivacaine 0.2% Injectable Solution	Patients in the experimental group will receive Ropivacaine 0,2% continous infusion of 5ml/h with boluses 15ml/4h by the Erector Spinae Catheter for 48 hours post-operatively.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-02-19
• Primary completion: 2022-03-14
• Completion: 2022-06-14
• First posted: 2020-12-11
• Last updated: 2022-07-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Slovenia