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Erector Spinae Plane Block Versus Intraarticular Injection for Postoperative Analgesia in Shoulder Arthroscopy

Erector Spinae Plane Block Versus Intraarticular Injection of Local Anesthetic for Postoperative Analgesia in Patients Undergoing Shoulder Arthroscopy; A Prospective Randomized Controlled Study

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04483323
Enrollment
60
Registered
2020-07-23
Start date
2020-08-01
Completion date
2021-03-16
Last updated
2021-04-06

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Conditions

Shoulder Arthroscopy, Postoperative Analgesia, Erector Spinae Plane Block, Intraarticular Injection

Brief summary

To improve the outcome after surgery, effective pain control is needed. The aim of the current study was to compare the efficacy of ultrasound guided erector spinae plane block versus the intra articular injection of local anesthetic for post-operative analgesia in patients undergoing shoulder arthroscopy.

Detailed description

Sample size calculation: Calculation of sample size was done to detect a 15% difference in the VAS score between two groups detected that at least 27 patients were needed at an α error of 0.05 and 80 % power of the study. The number will be increased to 30 patients to avoid a 10% dropped out patients. Statistical analysis Statistical analysis will be done by Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) v25 (IBM Inc., Chicago, USA). Normality of data will be checked with Shapiro-Wilks test and histogram. Quantitative variables will be presented as mean and standard deviation (SD) and will be compared by unpaired student T test. Categorical variables will be presented as frequency and percentage (%) and will be analysed by the Chi-square test. P value \< 0.05 will be considered statistically significant.

Interventions

PROCEDUREErector Spinae Plane Block

The patient will be placed in the lateral position. Following skin disinfection, counting down from the C7 spinous process and using ultrasound guidance, the level of T2 transverse process will be identified. A 2-5 MH2 curved array transducer (sono site Edge, Bothell, Will behington) will be positioned transversely to visualize the lateral tip of T2 transverse Process. A longitudinal parasagittal orientation will be obtained over the transverse process using a 22 - gauge 8 cm block needle (visioplex, Vygon , France) will be inserted in plane to US beam in a caudal to cranial direction to place the needle tip between the posterior fascia of the erector spinae muscle and the T2 transverse process. Position of the needle tip in the ESP deep to the erector spinae muscle will be confirmed using hydrodissection with 0.5 - 1 ml of normal saline and visualization of the linear fluid spread deep to the erector spinae muscle following which 20 ml of 0.25% bupivacaine will be injected.

Intraarticular injection of local anesthetic through the surgical port

Sponsors

Tanta University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I-II * Posted for elective shoulder arthroscopy

Exclusion criteria

* Coagulopathy * Allergy to local anesthetics * Chronic use of narcotics * Necessity for an intra articular drain after surgery * Patients refusal to participate

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
The amount of total postoperative rescue analgesic consumption (mg)First 24 hours postoperativeRescue analgesia in the form of diclofenac sodium 75mg intramuscularly (IM) will be given if the visual analogue scale ≥ 40

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Postoperative visual analogue scaleFirst 24 hours postoperativeVisual analogue scale (VAS) for determination of intensity of the pain on scale from (0-100) where 0= no pain and 100=the worst pain.

Other

MeasureTime frameDescription
The time to first request of rescue analgesia (hours)First 24 hours postoperativeTime till the first need of rescue analgesia in the form of diclofenac sodium 75mg postoperative

Countries

Egypt

Outcome results

None listed

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