Brachial Plexus Blockade Two Days Before Surgery Can Improve Postoperative Analgesia
Status:
Suspended
Trial end date:
2025-12-30
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Intense e recurrent nociceptive stimulation, which occurs in the postoperatively, can trigger
sensitization of the peripheral and central nociceptive pathway, leading to chronic pain.
Patients with rotator cuff injury often present to surgery due to referred moderate to
intense long-term pain. During the immediate postoperative period, pain is rare due to the
routine administration of a brachial plexus blockade as an adjuvant to improve the quality of
postoperative analgesia. However, after the second postoperative day, the effect of the
blockade ceases, and the pain becomes high and hard to treat, leading the patient to request
administration of more frequent and more potent analgesics. The aim of this project is to
assess the postoperative analgesic benefits of a brachial plexus blockcade 2 days before
arthroscopic surgical correction of rotator cuff injury by reducing the sensitization of the
nociceptive pathway.