Erector Spinae Plane Block: For Pain Control in Patients Undergoing Flank Incision

• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Trial end date: 2025-02-28
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Using a randomized double-blinded study design, the study goal is to evaluate the superiority of Erector Spinae Plane block (ESPB) in the peri-operative pain management of patients undergoing surgery through a flank incision as compared to the standard of care of using IV and oral opiates.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Ropivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Consenting adults age 18-85

• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Physical Status classification I to III

• Planned to be hospitalized for at least 24 hours post-op

• Cognitive capacity to use the visual analogic scale (VAS) and complete the patient satisfaction survey

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient refusal

• Patients with allergies to local anesthetics or opiates (hydromorphone or oxycodone)

• Scoliosis

• Patients with chronic pain syndromes or who are on chronic pain medications/other neurologic medication of more than 3 months or whom have neuromodulators/stimulators

• Concurrent surgeries requiring additional incisions on the body