Pectoral Nerve Blockade in Mastectomy

Summary

Our routine practice for patients undergoing mastectomy is to include paravertebral peripheral nerve blockade for postoperative analgesia. This study investigates whether the addition of another nerve block targeting the pectoral nerves will improve that analgesia.

Timeline

Start

2014-03

Primary completion

2015-03

Completion

2015-03

Outcome

Outcome not reported

Stopped (Enrollment): “Insufficient population of eligible patients; none enrolled”

Drugs

Indications