Regional Anesthesia for Thoracoscopic Surgery

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02305719

Acronym

RATS

Enrollment

150

Registered

2014-12-03

Start date

2014-07-31

Completion date

2016-06-30

Last updated

2014-12-03

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Conditions

Postoperative Pain

Brief summary

Aim of the study is to evaluate different regional anesthesia regimes for thoracoscopic surgery to evaluate their efficiency in (postoperative) pain control. Three regional anesthesia forms are evaluated: thoracic epidural anesthesia, (ultrasound-guided) serratus-anterior-plane-block an local infiltration with local anesthetic at the site of performing the thoracoscopy.

Detailed description

A prospective evaluation of different regional anesthesia regimes for thoracoscopic surgery to elucidate their efficiency in (postoperative) pain control. A day before surgery the patients gave their written informed consent to the study. Patients choose their favorite regional anesthesia out of the following: thoracic epidural anesthesia, (ultrasound-guided) serratus-anterior-plane-block an local infiltration with local anesthetic at the site of performing the thoracoscopy. In addition a general anesthesia was applied for the surgical procedure. Anesthesia was maintained using propofol and remifentanil. The patients pain score (visual analog scale), consumption of analgesic medication, satisfaction with pain therapy will be obtained one, six, 24 and 48 hours postoperatively. These prospective evaluation of different regional anesthetic techniques might provide us data to recommend a procedure for thoracoscopic surgery.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 80 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients scheduled for thoracoscopic surgery * ASA 1-3

Exclusion criteria

* ASA 4 and 5 * Age under 18 and over 80

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Postoperative Pain (visual analog scale)	48 hours postoperative	the postoperative Pain, evaluated with a visual analog scale (VAS), was obtained in the first 48 hours postoperatively after thoracoscopic surgery

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Primary ContactPhilip M Lang, M.D., Ph.D.

philip.lang@med.uni-muenchen.de++49-89-4400

Backup ContactPhilipp Hering, M.D.

philipp.hering@med.uni-muenchen.de++49-89-4400

Outcome results