US-Guided Serratus Anterior Plane Block Versus Thoracic Epidural in Patients Undergoing Thoracotomy
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2022-03-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Thoracic surgeries is known to be one of the most painful surgeries . Multiple analgesic
techniques have been used for post operative analgesia including Thoracic epidural , Patient
Controlled Analgesia and systemic opioids. Opioids are associated with multiple sied effects
including : PONV , Respiratory depression and ileus while thoracic epidural has its own
complications such as hemodynamic instability , injury of spinal cord, pneumothorax and
epidural hematoma.
Peripheral nerve blocks provide good alternative for perioperative analgesia. The purpose of
our study is to compare the effectiveness of perioperative continuous serratus anterior plane
block versus continuous thoracic epidural in pain management during thoracic surgeries for
malignancy resection.