Horner's SD After Thoracic Epidural Block

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-04-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

This study prospectively evaluates the incidence of Horner's syndrome after thoracic epidural anesthesia following continuous thoracic epidural analgesia for mastectomy. The incidence was 1.36% and the mechanism of Horner's syndrome was cephalic spread of the local anesthetic.

• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Soonchunhyang University Hospital
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Fentanyl; Propofol; Ropivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients, who scheduled for mastectomy with/without breast reconstruction

Exclusion Criteria:

• The patients who had more than one abnormal preoperative clotting parameter either clinical signs of potential bleeding disorders suggested by bruising

• Petechiae, or ecchymosis, or anatomic or neurologic abnormalities

• That is, significant scoliosis or kyphosis, radyculopathy or ptosis

• Unsuccessful catheter placement (impossible to insert a catheter at two vertebral levels)

• Unsuccessful epidural anesthesia (not checkable sensory block)

• Dural perforation or intravascular catheterization