Serratus and Parasternal Infrapectoral Block for Breast Surgery. A Randomized Controlled Double Blinded Study to Measure Impact on Time to Hospital Discharge in an Outpatient Setting.

NCT03708302 NA UNKNOWN

Effective pain control is important following breast surgery as it improves quality of recovery, decreases the risk of chronic pain development and reduction of overall health care cost. Current strategies of pain management for breast surgery include use of opioid medication or addition of regional anesthesia along with general anesthesia. Serratus block and parasternal infrapectoral blocks are newly developed fascial plane blocks that are technically easy to perform, effective and safe based on our daily clinical practice and published evidence. We are comparing the addition of serratus and parasternal infrapectoral nerve block with general anesthesia to a combination of placebo and general anesthesia for breast reduction surgery. We propose that this would result in an improved efficiency resulting in early hospital discharge and improve quality of patient care, following breast reduction surgery.

Details

Lead sponsor	Western University, Canada
Phase	NA
Status	UNKNOWN
Enrolment	120
Start date	2019-07-01
Completion	2025-06

Conditions

• Breast Pain
• Post-Op Complication

Interventions

• Unilateral serratus plane block
• Unilateral parasternal infrapectoral block

Primary outcomes

• Time to hospital discharge. — 24 hours postoperative period
  Comparing time to hospital discharge; the total time being 'admission to postoperative Care Unit after surgery till discharge home.' this will be measured in minutes

Countries

Canada