Pectoral Nerve Blockade in Mastectomy

Withdrawn before enrolling · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Postoperative Pain, Breast Cancer

In brief

Our routine practice for patients undergoing mastectomy is to include paravertebral peripheral nerve blockade for postoperative analgesia. This study investigates whether the addition of another nerve block targeting the pectoral nerves will improve that analgesia.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01943240

Run by

Timothy R Petersen

People needed

0

Starts

2014-03-01

Expected to finish

2015-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-10-27

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients 18 years and older
• Able to provide own consent
• Simple mastectomy at University of New Mexico Hospital without planned axillary surgery

You may not qualify if…

• Spinal deformity or pathology
• Chest wall deformity or pathology
• BMI >40
• Bilateral simple mastectomy
• Refusal of regional anesthesia
• Chronic pain
• History of recent drug or alcohol abuse
• History of recent psychiatric problems
• Allergies to lidocaine or ropivacaine
• Allergies to fentanyl or hydromorphone
• Surgery that extends beyond the original plan to include axillary exposure

Where it is running

• University of New Mexico Hospital — Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

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