Interscalene Brachial Plexus Block Combined With Suprascapular Nerve Block

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The investigators compared the results of sono-guided interscalene brachial plexus block (ISB) combined with arthroscopy-guided suprascapular nerve block (SSNB) with those of ISB alone within the first 48 h after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital
• Collaborator: Hallym University
• Treatments: Ropivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. definite rotator cuff tear on preoperative MRI, which needed repair;

2. acceptance of arthroscopic surgery including rotator cuff repair;

3. > 20 years old; and

4. acceptance of routine regional blocks and patient-controlled analgesia.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. did not want arthroscopic rotator cuff repair;

2. stopped PCA before 48 h postoperatively due to side effects;

3. history of shoulder operation or fracture;

4. concomitant neurological disorder around the shoulder;

5. conversion to open surgery from the arthroscopy; and

6. contraindication to the routine regional blocks in this study