Thoracic Interfascial Plane Block Versus Thoracic Paravertebral Block in Gynecomastia Surgery

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2021-04-28
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Male

Summary

The growing increase in the number of gynecomastia surgeries has resulted in an increased need for anesthetic techniques with improved pain reduction, safety, and fewer complications.

The aim of this work is to compare the efficacy of ultrasound guided thoracic interfascial plane block and ultrasound guided thoracic paravertebral block for anesthesia in gynecomastia surgery.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Tanta University
• Treatments: Anesthetics

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Aged ≥ 18 up to 65 years

• Male gender only

• ASA physical status I and II

• Weight 75-100 kg

• Duration of surgery ≤ 2 hours

• Scheduled for elective idiopathic gynecomastia surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient refusal.

• Uncooperative patients.

• Known hypersensitivity to local anesthetic (LA) (bupivacaine).

• Local infection at the site of injection (TPVB or TIPB).

• Coagulopathy.

• History of opioid abuse or chronic analgesic use.