Serratus Posterior Superior Interfascial Plane Block for Breast Surgery

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2024-07-20
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

Regional techniques can be used for postoperative pain control following breast surgery. Ultrasound (US) guided serratus posterior superior block (SPSPB) is a new interfacial plane block defined by Tulgar et al in 2023. It is based on injection on the serratus posterior superior muscle at the level of the 2nd or 3rd rib. This block provides analgesia in conditions such as interscapular pain, chronic myofascial pain syndromes, scapulocostal syndrome, and shoulder pain. The SPS muscle is located at the C7-T2 level. It attaches to the lateral edges of the second and fifth ribs. It is innervated by the lower cervical and upper intercostal nerves. With the SPS block, these nerves are blocked and analgesia is provided.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Medipol University

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification I-II

• Scheduled for mastectomy and axillary dissection surgery under general anesthesia

Exclusion Criteria:

• receiving anticoagulant treatment,

• known study drugs allergy,

• opioid addiction

• infection of the skin at the site of the block,

• pregnancy or lactation,