This prospective interventional study aims to evaluate and compare the analgesic efficacy of the Serratus Posterior Superior Intercostal Plane (SPSIP) and Deep Serratus Anterior Plane Block in patients undergoing Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery. The primary outcome is Visual Analog Scale (VAS) during the first 24 hours after surgery. Secondary outcomes include total opioid consumption, requirement for rescue analgesia, block performance time, block-related and systemic side effects (hematoma, pneumothorax, local anesthetic toxicity, vascular puncture, infection), Patient satisfaction assessed using a Likert scale, Quality of recovery assessed using the QoR-15 questionnaire.
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Postoperative pain intensity assessed using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS)
Timeframe: 0, 1, 4, 8, 12, and 24 hours after surgery
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