Open AccessA Prospective Randomised Study to Assess the Analgesic Efficacy of Serratus Anterior Plane (SAP) Block for Modified Radical Mastectomy Under General Anaesthesia
Author(s) -
Surya Bhan,
Seema Mishra,
Nishkarsh Gupta,
Rakesh Garg,
Saurabh Vig,
Sanjay Thulkar,
Rajeev Kumar,
Sushma Bhatnagar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
turkish journal of anaesthesiology and reanimation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2667-677X
pISSN - 2667-6370
DOI - 10.5152/tjar.2020.13
Subject(s) - medicine , modified radical mastectomy , fentanyl , ropivacaine , anesthesia , interquartile range , analgesic , surgery , perioperative , adverse effect , axillary lines , breast cancer , breast surgery , mastectomy , cancer
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.