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N/A N=364

Effectiveness of Epidural Anesthesia for Thoracic and Abdominal Surgery

Analgesia Disorder · Anesthetic Complication Epidural · Adverse Reaction to Epidural Anesthesia

Enrolled (actual)
364
Serious AEs
11.5%
Results posted
Nov 2018
Primary outcome: Primary: Number of Patients Reporting Postoperative Verbal Rating Scale Pain at Rest More Than 7 — 89 Participants

Study Design & Population

Study type
Observational
Phase
N/A
Interventions
Elective Thoracic and Abdominal Surgery Patients (Procedure)
Age
Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
Sex
All
Sponsor
Siriraj Hospital
Primary completion
Feb 2016

Outcome Measures

OutcomeResultp-value
PRIMARY
Number of Patients Reporting Postoperative Verbal Rating Scale Pain at Rest More Than 7
89
SECONDARY
Number of Patients Requiring Rescue Analgesic Medication
50
SECONDARY
Duration Retaining Epidural Catheter
55.8
SECONDARY
All Adverse Effects and Postoperative Complications.
100; 28; 5; 3

Summary

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the epidural analgesia in patients having elective thoracic and abdominal surgery under general anesthesia combined with epidural analgesia in Siriraj Hospital.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • patients aged more than 18 years old scheduled to have thoracic or abdominal surgery under general anesthesia combined with epidural analgesia in Siriraj hospital

Exclusion Criteria

  • inability to communicate or inform pain score
  • cesarean section or labor analgesia
  • additional analgesic techniques (spinal analgesia, paravertebral nerve block, intercostal block, transversus abdominis plane block, rectus sheath block, ilioinguinal block, iliohypogastric block
  • emergency surgery
  • fail epidural block after test dose of local anesthetics
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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02315261). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.

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