Status:
RECRUITING
Awake Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia Versus General Anesthesia in Thoracotomy
Lead Sponsor:
Cairo University
Conditions:
Awake
Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-75 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This study aims to compare awake thoracic epidural anesthesia and general anesthesia in thoracotomy.
Detailed Description
The severity of acute postoperative pain is a causative factor for chronic postsurgical pain, and it has been observed that the incidence of chronic postsurgical pain is very high after thoracotomy. E...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age from 18 to 75 years old.
- Both genders.
- American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classification II or III.
- Scheduled for thoracotomy.
Exclusion
- Difficult airway management,
- Hemodynamically unstable patients, obesity (body mass index \>30).
- Absolute contraindication to thoracic epidural anesthesia such as (patient refusal, allergy to local anesthetics, coagulopathy, active neurologic disorders, skin infection at insertion site, uncooperative patients, uncontrolled cough, and unfavorable anatomy for thoracic epidural).
- Neurological disorders: risk of seizure, unable to cooperate, intracranial mass or brain edema, extensive pleural adhesions or previous pulmonary resections, hypoxemia (PaO2 \<60) or hypercarbia (PaCO2 \>50)
- Poor cardiac function (ejection fraction less than 50%).
- Patients with bad pulmonary function tests.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 16 2025
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
October 1 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
50 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06930183
Start Date
April 16 2025
End Date
October 1 2025
Last Update
April 17 2025
Active Locations (1)
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Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt, 12613