Erector Spinae Block for Thoracic Surgery

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2024-07-21
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The aim of this study is to determine if erector spinae injections with bolus infusions with local anesthetic decrease postsurgical pain and opioid consumption in patients undergoing pulmonary resection surgery.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: George Washington University

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• pulmonary resection

• 18Exclusion Criteria:

• pleurodesis

• decortication

• emergent surgery

• local anesthetic allergy

• intraoperative complication (inadvertent hemorrhage or conversion to open surgery)

• bilateral pulmonary resection