Analgesic Effect of Intravenous Patient-Controlled Analgesia (IV PCA) Versus Paravertebral Block After Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS)

A Comparison Between the Analgesic Effect of Intravenous Patient-controlled Analgesia and of Paravertebral Block After Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01538914

Enrollment

Registered

2012-02-24

Start date

2013-02-28

Completion date

2015-10-31

Last updated

2016-04-20

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Conditions

Postoperative Pain After Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the analgesic effect of paravertebral block with that of intravenous patient-controlled analgesia after video assisted thoracic surgery.

Interventions

PROCEDUREparavertebral block

Postoperative pain is controlled with local analgesics via PVB.

PROCEDUREPCA

Postoperative pain is controlled with intravenous PCA.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

20 Years to 70 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* patients receiving video assisted thoracic surgery

Exclusion criteria

* patients with cardiovascular disease * patients with neurologic disease * patients with contraindications to paravertebral block or epidural block * patients with history of previous VATS * patients with pain at the expected incision site

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
severity of acute postoperative pain when moving	24 hours after VATS

Countries

South Korea

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026