Continuous Paravertebral Block by Intraoperative Direct Access Versus Systemic Analgesia for Postthoracotomy Pain Relief

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2020-03-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

to evaluate the safety and efficacy of continuous paravertebral block by intraoperative direct access on postthoracotomy pain compared to systemic analgesia.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Zagazig University

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• • Elective posterolateral thoracotomy surgery

• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status of II and III

Exclusion Criteria:

• • lack of patient consent.

• patients younger than 18 years,

• emergency surgery,

• previous thoracotomy,

• drug addiction,

• allergy to paracetamol (acetaminophen) or ketorolac,

• coagulopathy,

• hepatic dysfunction,

• chronic renal failure,

• history of gastric ulcer