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Postoperative Analgesic Efficacy of SPSIPB in Anterior Cervical Discectomy

Effects of the Serratus Posterior Superior Intercostal Plane Block on Postoperative Pain Levels and Analgesic Requirement in Patients Undergoing Cervical Disc Herniation Surgery

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT07238621
Enrollment
40
Registered
2025-11-20
Start date
2025-09-30
Completion date
2026-11-30
Last updated
2026-02-25

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Anterior Cervical Discectomy, Cervical Disc Herniation, Postoperative Pain, Postoperative Pain Management, Serratus Posterior Superior Intercostal Plane Block

Keywords

postoperative pain, regional anesthesia, opioid free analgesia, ibuprofen, Serratus Posterior Superior Intercostal Plane Block

Brief summary

Anterior cervical discectomy is an operation performed for complaints of pain, numbness or loss of strength due to cervical disc disease. With this operation, pressure due to herniation on the upper neck area, spinal cord or nerve roots is relieved. It is performed by microscopic method from the front of the neck. Nerve blocks reduces opioid consumption in the postoperative period by providing better pain control and therefore has advantages such as fewer side effects and less risk of pulmonary and cardiac complications. In this study; it was aimed to compare the analgesic effectiveness of serratus posterior superior intercostal plane block and erector spinae plane block, and with the control group in the postoperative period in patients who underwent anterior cervical discectomy.

Interventions

PROCEDUREThe group treated with intravenous analgesics

In the postoperative period a ibuprofen dose of 400 mg every 8 hours were administered iv for multimodal analgesia

PROCEDURESerratus posterior superior intercostal plane block

Serratus posterior superior intercostal plane block will be performed on the patients using 30 ml of 0.25% bupivacaine under ultrasound guidance.Additionally, in the postoperative period a paracetamol dose of 1 g every 8 hours and a dexketoprofen dose of 50 mg twice daily were administered iv for multimodal analgesia.

Sponsors

Cumhuriyet University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
QUADRUPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Adult patients over 18 years of age who underwent percutaneous nephrolithotomy under general anesthesia and were I-II-III according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) risk classification were included in the study.

Exclusion criteria

* patients who did not give consent, * patients with coagulopathy, * patients with signs of infection at the block application site, * patients using anticoagulants, * patients with known allergies to any of the study drugs, * patients with unstable hemodynamics, * patients who could not cooperate during postoperative pain assessment * patients who wanted to withdraw from the study, * patients with alcohol and drug addiction, * patients with musculoskeletal abnormalitie

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) ScoresPostoperative 24 hoursNumerical rating scale is used for pain assessment. The scores of the numerical rating scale changes between 0 to 10 points. 10 points mean "the most severe pain that the patient ever had". 0 point means "there is no pain." Higher scores mean worse outcome.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Total tramadol consumptionPostoperative 24 hoursPostoperative total analgesic need was recorded as "milligram" in unit.
Quality of Recovery scoresPostoperative 24 hoursQuality of recovery-15 (QoR15) scale was used for the assessment of patients satisfaction. The scores of QoR15 changes between 0 to 150 points. 0 point means "there is no satisfaction." Higher scores mean indicating a good quality of recovery and better outcome.

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Contacts

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORONUR AVCI

Sivas Cumhuriyet University School of Medicine, Anesthesiology and Reanimation

STUDY_CHAIRZEYNEP M DEMİRCİ

Sivas Cumhuriyet University School of Medicine, Anesthesiology and Reanimation

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 27, 2026