Comprasion of SPSIP and Rhomboid Intercostal Plan Blocks on VATS

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Conditions studied: Postoperative Pain Management

In brief

This study aimed to compare rhomboid intercostal plane block and serratus posterior superior intercostal plane block (SPSIPB) to determine the most suitable technique for maintaining postoperative analgesia in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgeries (VATS).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07524673

Run by

Cumhuriyet University

People needed

40

Starts

2026-03-12

Expected to finish

2026-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-03

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Forty adult patients scheduled for elective wedge resection or biopsy under VATS, classified as American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I-III, were enrolled after providing written informed consent.

You may not qualify if…

• ASA class IV or higher,
• morbid obesity (BMI > 40 kg/m²),
• body weight ≤ 50 kg,
• skin infection at the block site,
• refusal to participate,
• inability to cooperate during postoperative pain assessment,
• conversion to open surgery,
• preexisting pain,
• known allergy to any study medication,
• coagulopathy.

Where it is running

• Sivas Cumhuriyet University School of Medicine, Anesthesiology and Reanimation — Sivas, Sivas, Turkey (Türkiye) (enrolling)
• Sivas Cumhuriyet University — Sivas, Merkez, Turkey (Türkiye)

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