Trials / Recruiting
RecruitingNCT06984874
Erector Spinae Plane Block for Children Undergoing Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy
Erector Spinae Plane Block for Children Undergoing Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy: A Prospective Controlled Trial
- Status
- Recruiting
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 40 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Menoufia University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 6 Years – 16 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
This study aims to evaluate the influence of ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block on postoperative pain and diaphragmatic dysfunction in pediatric patients undergoing thoracoscopic sympathectomy.
Detailed description
Pain may occur after pediatric thoracic surgery in cases such as skin incision creation, rib traction, and drain placement, and in other cases, such as rib nerve injury. Such pain is highly unfavorable to pediatric patients' recovery as it may lead to reduced cough strength for clearing secretions, decreased functional residual capacity, and pulmonary complications such as atelectasis and pneumonia. Erector spinae plane block (ESPB) is a novel trunk block to relieve chronic neuropathic pain. Since then, it has gained prominence as a regional anesthesia technique with the potential to revolutionize postoperative pain management, and it has been effectively administered not only for the management of perioperative pain for a wide variety of surgeries but also for the management of acute post-traumatic pain and chronic pain.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Erector spinae plane block | Patients will receive bilateral erector spinae plane block after the induction of general anesthesia as a study group. |
| OTHER | General anesthesia | Patients will not receive the block after the induction of general anesthesia as a control group. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2025-01-15
- Primary completion
- 2025-12-01
- Completion
- 2025-12-01
- First posted
- 2025-05-22
- Last updated
- 2025-05-22
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Egypt
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT06984874. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.