Subtransverse Process Interligamentary Plane Block Versus Rhomboid Intercostal Block Combined With Sub-Serratus Plane Block for Analgesia in Pediatric Thoracotomy
Ultrasound- Guided Subtransverse Process Interligamentary Plane Block Versus Rhomboid Intercostal Block Combined With Sub-Serratus Plane Block for Analgesia in Pediatric Thoracotomy: A Randomized Controlled Study
Tanta University
75 participants
Sep 1, 2025
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
This study aims to compare ultrasound guided subtransverse process interligamentary plane block versus rhomboid intercostal block combined with sub-serratus plane block for postoperative analgesia in pediatric thoracotomy.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria4
- Pediatric patients between 6 to 12 years.
- Both sexes.
- American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Physical Status I - II.
- Scheduled for thoracic surgery with thoracotomy incision under general anesthesia.
Exclusion Criteria5
- Parents who refused regional anesthesia.
- Patients were presented with advanced kidney, cardiac or liver diseases.
- Coagulation and bleeding disorders.
- Patients presented with skin or soft tissue infection at the proposed site of needle Insertion.
- Patients with cognitive impairment.
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Interventions
Patients will receive no block intervention and standard intravenous analgesia will be given.
Patients will receive ipsilateral ultrasound-guided subtransverse process interligamentary (STIL) plane block with bupivacaine 0.25% (0.5 mL/kg) after induction of general anesthesia.
Patients will receive ipsilateral ultrasound-guided rhomboid intercostal block (RIB) combined with sub-serratus plan block group with bupivacaine 0.25% (0.5mL/kg) after induction of general anesthesia.
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NCT07666334