A Prospective Randomised Study to Assess the Analgesic Efficacy of Serratus Anterior Plane (SAP) Block for Modified Radical Mastectomy Under General Anaesthesia.

Journal: Turkish journal of anaesthesiology and reanimation
Published Date: Nov 30, 2020

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Breast cancer is the most common malignancy among women and often requires surgery for the removal of the tumour. Uncontrolled pain after breast surgeries is a common problem. Serratus anterior plane (SAP) block is a recently designed technique to block the lateral cutaneous branches of the ventral rami of thoracic intercostal nerves and may cover the area of surgical dissection for modified radical mastectomy (MRM). The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of SAP block on the time to first rescue analgesic in the post-operative period in patients undergoing MRM.

Authors

  • Swati Bhan
    Department of Onco-Anaesthesiology and Palliative Medicine, Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
  • Seema Mishra
    Department of Onco-anaesthesia and Palliative Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
  • Nishkarsh Gupta
    Department of Onco-anaesthesia and Palliative Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
  • Rakesh Garg
    Department of Onco-anaesthesia and Palliative Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
  • Saurabh Vig
    Department of Onco-Anaesthesiology and Palliative Medicine, Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
  • Sanjay Thulkar
    Unit of Radio diagnosis, Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
  • Rajeev Kumar
    Scientist - II (statistics), Delhi State Cancer Registry, Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
  • Sushma Bhatnagar
    Department of Onco-anaesthesia and Palliative Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

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