Erector Spinae Plane Block Catheters and Intrathecal Morphine for Hepatic Resection

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2023-05-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

To determine whether the addition of erector spinae plane (ESP) catheters to existing multimodal analgesic regimen with intrathecal morphine provides superior postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing hepatic resection compared with patients not receiving ESP catheters.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of California, San Diego
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Anesthetics, Local; Morphine; Ropivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• undergoing hepatic resection

• Admitting service requests APS consult

• >18 years old and able to provide consent

Exclusion criteria:

• pregnancy

• incarceration

• inability to communicate with the investigators and hospital staff

• severe hepatic disease

• chronic high-dose opioid use (defined as daily use for more than 4 weeks prior to surgery of at least the equivalent of 20 mg oxycodone);

• BMI > 40 kg/m2

• allergy to study medications (lidocaine, ropivacaine)