WithdrawnPhase 4

Prospective Comparison of Single-Injection Serratus Anterior Plane Block With Ropivacaine Versus Local Infiltration of Anaesthetic After Breast Surgery

Stopped: no participants recruited due to logistic problems

Belgium0Started 2021-06-16

Plain-language summary

To evaluate whether a serratus anterior plane block (SAPB) is more effective than a local infiltration anesthesia (LIA) with an equal dose and same anesthetic performed by the surgeon, as an adjuvant to treat postoperative pain after unilateral mastectomy.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 80 Years

SexFEMALE

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Inclusion Criteria: * Age 18-80 years. * Provision of signed informed consent prior to any study-specific procedure. * Patients who come to preoperative anesthesia consultation for their scheduled unilat-eral mastectomy. Exclusion Criteria: * Age \>80 years * History of chronic pain or drug treatment abuse * Depression, psychiatric morbidity or mal-adaptive coping behavior * Neuropathy * Severe anxiety or other mental ailment, taking drugs affecting their capacity to assess pain * Chronic or acute skin infection of the lateral thorax * Hypersensitivity to ropivacaine * Severe hepatic or renal disease * Refuse to participate to the study * Pregnancy

What they're measuring

The use of opioids in the postoperative period

Timeframe: 24 hours

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04756791

SponsorUniversitair Ziekenhuis Brussel

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2023-12-31

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