Anesthesia & Clinical Research
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-6148
ISSN: 2155-6148
Department of Anesthesiology, SRM Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Research Article
A Prospective Randomized Controlled Study on Evaluation of Effectiveness of
Serratus Anterior Plane Block for Postoperative Analgesia in Modified Radical
Mastectomy Surgeries
Author(s): Rajagopalan Venkatraman*, Kanirajan Yogalakshmi, Krishnamoorthy Karthik and Ravi Saravanan
Background and aim: Ultrasound-guided Serratus Anterior Plane Block (SAPB) is a novel analgesic technique used
for breast and thoracic wall surgeries. The primary objective of the study was to evaluate the duration of postoperative
analgesia with SAPB in Modified Radical Mastectomy (MRM) surgeries. The secondary objectives were to assess the
total morphine consumption during the first 24 h, Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) score postoperatively.
Methods: After Institutional Ethical Committee approval and CTRI registration (CTRI/2019/01/017194), sixty
patients undergoing MRM surgeries under general anesthesia were taken for the study with 30 patients in each
group. At the end of the surgery, patients in group A were given ultrasound-guided SAPB with 20 mL 0.25%
Ropivacaine with Dexamethasone 8 mg and no block was given in group B p.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2155-6148.22.13.1077