Regional Block for Post-mastectomy Analgesia

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Conditions studied: Analgesia

In brief

A large number of patients undergoing major surgical procedures for the management of breast cancer complain of acute and chronic postoperative pain. Morphine administration for acute pain after mastectomy surgery has many side effects. Regional block techniques, such as paravertebral block and thoracic epidural anaesthesia, have possible complications and technical difficulties. So, we will discuss adding dexmedetomidine as an adjuvant to bupivacaine for serratus-intercostal versus erector-spinae plane block to relieve post-mastectomy pain.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07683416

Run by

Zagazig University

People needed

70

Starts

2026-07-01

Expected to finish

2027-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-07-07

Who can join

Age: 21 and older, up to 64. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Unilateral mastectomy operations.
• Body mass index less than 35 kg per square meter.
• American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status grade I-II.

You may not qualify if…

• Patient refusal.
• History of chronic pain therapy.
• Infection at the injection site.

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