ICNBs for Post-op Pain in Breast Surgery

Status unconfirmed · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Pain, Postoperative, Length of Stay

In brief

The authors will conduct this study to analyze the effectiveness of peri-operative intercostal nerve blocks (ICNBs) in reducing acute postoperative pain after reconstructive breast surgery and mammoplasty and how it affects the length of hospital stay.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04606836

Run by

Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery

People needed

40

Starts

2020-12-07

Expected to finish

2021-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-12-09

Who can join

Age: 20 and older, up to 70. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• American Society of Anesthesiologists Classification (ASA Class) 3 and below.
• Bilateral or unilateral breast surgery including cancer extirpation, reconstruction (implant and expander), oncoplastic surgery (<200 gm), breast augmentation and breast reduction, etc.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients who refuse local anesthesia.
• Patients who cannot receive local anesthesia.
• Below the age of 20 and above the age of 70.
• Patients requiring reoperation due to complications of mammoplasty or another breast surgery.
• Poorly controlled diabetics, uncontrolled hypertension, heart disease, arrhythmias, diagnosed with bipolar and generalized anxiety disorders.

Where it is running

• Ambulatory Surgery Center, Kleinert Kutz Hand Care Center — New Albany, Indiana, United States (enrolling)
• Baptist Health Floyd — New Albany, Indiana, United States (enrolling)
• Christine M Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery — Louisville, Kentucky, United States (enrolling)
• HCCOC, Jewish Hospital — Louisville, Kentucky, United States (enrolling)
• Baptist Health Louisville — Louisville, Kentucky, United States (enrolling)

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