The effect of the relaxation of serratus anterior muscle (SAM) by long thoracic nerve (LTN) block on the pain relief after video assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for pneumothorax wedge resection

Long thoracic nerve block in video assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for pneumothorax wedge resection

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

CRIS

Registry ID

KCT0000109

Enrollment

Registered

2011-04-21

Start date

2011-04-20

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-03-11

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Procedure/Surgery : Before anaesthesia induction, the patients in block group received a single injection of LTN block. The patient’s head was rotated contralaterally to facilitate palpation of sterno

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The patients were American Society of Anesthesiologists Patient Status (ASA PS) I and had no past medical history, any medication history and allergy history to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) urgent or emergent case, 2) re-do case, 3) preoperative coagulation disorder, 4) local or general infection, 5) patient’s age 2.0 mg/dL) and 7) hepatic disorders.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
pain relief	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
postanaesthetic care unit (PACU) stay	—

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactWoon-Seok Kang

Konkuk University Medical Center

Outcome results