Trial reportClinical interventions in aging2020
Evaluation of Pectoral Nerve Block in Modified Radical Mastectomy: Comparison of Three Concentrations of Ropivacaine.
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- The MECDrug design, development and therapy · 2026Trial
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- Impact of Pectoralis Nerve Block (PECS) on postoperative pain in patients submitted to mastectomy with lymphadenectomy.Revista do Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes · 2022Trial
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- Pectoral nerve block and pecto-intercostal fascial block versus thoracic paravertebral block for postoperative analgesia in modified radical mastectomy: A randomised controlled trial.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2025Article
- Efficacy of opioid-free anesthesia in modified radical mastectomy: a cross-sectional observational study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2023Article
- Postoperative Analgesic Efficacy of Intraoperative Pectoral Nerve Block for Modified Radical Mastectomy: a Double-Blind Prospective Randomised Interventional Study.Indian journal of surgical oncology · 2023Article
- Evaluation of Rhomboid Intercostal Block in Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery: Comparing Three Concentrations of Ropivacaine.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2021Article
- Comparison of ropivacaine alone versus dexmedetomidine or ketamine as an adjuvant for pectoral type II nerve blocks in patients undergoing mastectomy - A randomized controlled trial.Journal of anaesthesiology, clinical pharmacologyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundPectoral nerve block type I (PECS I Block) and type II (PECS II Block) with ropivacaine are relatively new analgesic methods for breast-cancer surgery. We evaluated the safety and efficacy of different concentrations of ropivacaine given in the same volume for the PECS II Block in patients undergoing modified radical mastectomy (MRM). PATIENTS AND
methodsOne hundred and twenty women undergoing elective MRM who met inclusion criteria were divided randomly into four groups of 30: control group without PECS II Block and R
resultsThe postoperative numerical rating scale (NRS) pain score at rest and active was significantly higher in the control group than that in the three ropivacaine groups (P<0.05 for all), and the postoperative NRS score in the R
conclusionA dose of 0.3% ropivacaine was the optimal concentration for a PECS II Block for patients undergoing MRM because it provided efficacious analgesia during and >48 h after MRM. Increasing the ropivacaine concentration did not improve the analgesia of the PECS II Block significantly.
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