Ultrasound-Assisted Paravertebral Block v. Traditional Paravertebral Block For Pain Control
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Paravertebral Peripheral Nerve Block, Acute Pain Management
In brief
The overall purpose of this research study is to compare the effectiveness of ultrasound assisted paravertebral block placement versus traditional "blind" technique for postoperative analgesia following thoracotomy or visually assisted thoracoscopic surgery.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01949480
- Run by
- University of Pittsburgh
- People needed
- 45
- Starts
- 2013-07-01
- Expected to finish
- 2014-06-05
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-01-22
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- 1. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) I-III subjects
- 2. Ages 18-75 years
- 3. BMI < 40
- 4. Scheduled for elective thoracic surgery at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Passavant and Shadyside Hospitals in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- 5. Patients willing and able to provide informed consent
You may not qualify if…
- 1) Age younger than 18 years or older than 75 years
- (2) Any contraindication to the placement of unilateral thoracic paravertebral catheter, including local infection, hypocoagulable state.
- (3) American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status IV or greater
- (4) chronic painful conditions
- (5) preoperative opioid use
- (6) coagulation abnormalities or patients who are expected to be on therapeutic anticoagulants postoperatively
- (7) allergy to lidocaine, ropivacaine or bupivacaine
- (8) personal or family history of malignant hyperthermia
- (9) serum creatinine greater than 1.4 g/dl
- (10) pregnancy or lactating.The pregnancy status will be determined by history and prior pregnancy testing when appropriate
- (11) having an altered mental status (not oriented to place, person, or time) or emergency surgery
- (12) comorbid conditions such as sepsis, unstable angina, congestive heart failure, moderate to severe valvular heart disease, severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- (13) patient's inability to provide adequate informed consent
- (14) patient refusal to nerve blocks and/or participation in the study
- (15) respiratory support via ventilator post
- (16) non English speaking
- (17) allergy to contrast of iodine
- (18) emergency surgery or any other non-elective procedure
- (19) unstable vertebral and transverse process fractures
Where it is running
- UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- UPMC Passavant — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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