Comparative study between ultrasound guided rhomboid intercostal block, serratus anterior plane block and intrapleural block for postoperative analgesia after thoracoscopic sympathectomy surgery

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR202509818868294

Enrollment

Registered

2025-09-25

Start date

2025-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

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Conditions

Musculoskeletal Diseases Anaesthesia

Interventions

Rhomboid Intercostal Block

serratus anterior plane block

intrapleural block

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: • Age between18-40 years. • Either sex. • Patients undergoing bilateral thoracoscopic sympathectomy surgery. • ASA physical status I or II.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: • Patient refusal. • Infection at the site of injection. • Known hypersensitivity to the local anesthetic. • Bleeding disorders. • Patients with decompensated cardiac, hepatic and renal failure. • BMI =30 kg/m2.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The onset of first analgesic request.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
• The total analgesic consumption of morphine in the first 24h postoperative. • Postoperative visual analog score (VAS) for pain assessment within the 1st 24h. • Hemodynamic variabilities (HR, MAP) at 2,4,8,16,24 hrs. postoperative. • Postoperative complications (nausea, vomiting, pneumothorax, hypotension, allergy) till 24h. • Patient satisfaction will be graded according to a five-point Likert scale; weak, medium, good, very good, and excellent. • Surgeon satisfaction will be evaluated by the surgeon and recorded according to a 5-point Likert scale (5: excellent, 4: Good, 3: Satisfactory, 2: Poor, 1: Very poor).	—

Measure

Time frame

• The total analgesic consumption of morphine in the first 24h postoperative. • Postoperative visual analog score (VAS) for pain assessment within the 1st 24h. • Hemodynamic variabilities (HR, MAP) at 2,4,8,16,24 hrs. postoperative. • Postoperative complications (nausea, vomiting, pneumothorax, hypotension, allergy) till 24h. • Patient satisfaction will be graded according to a five-point Likert scale; weak, medium, good, very good, and excellent. • Surgeon satisfaction will be evaluated by the surgeon and recorded according to a 5-point Likert scale (5: excellent, 4: Good, 3: Satisfactory, 2: Poor, 1: Very poor).

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Countries

Egypt

Contacts

Public ContactReem Abdelraouf ELsharkawy

assistant professor of anesthesia faculty of medicine mansoura university

M.o.f.nasr@gmail.com01016007487

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026