Rhomboid Intercostal Block Compared With Thoracic Paravertebral Block in Breast Cancer Surgeries
NCT ID: NCT06781346
Last Updated: 2025-01-17
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Basic Information
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NOT_YET_RECRUITING
NA
180 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2025-02-15
2025-12-15
Brief Summary
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Opioids, while effective in pain management, are linked to a spectrum of adverse effects, including respiratory depression, post-operative nausea and vomiting, pruritus and constipation. The adoption of multimodal analgesia following breast cancer surgery emerges as a pivotal strategy to mitigate the complications associated with opioid use in the postoperative period.\[4\] US-guided rhomboid intercostal block (US-RIB) is a new fascial block technique discovered by Elsharkawy et al in 2016.
Injection of local anaesthetic into the fascial plane between rhomboid major and intercostal muscles provided analgesia for both the anterior and posterior hemithorax,targets the lateral cutaneous branches of the ventral rami of the thoracic intercostal nerves from T2 to T9.
Some clinical studies have reported that RIB can effectively reduce postoperative pain, reduce opioid consumption and improve the quality of recovery in patients with breast cancer surgeries .
The ultrasound guided Thoracic paravertebral (TPV) block in the context of breast cancer surgery has been reported to decrease postoperative pain score up to 72 hours, reduce opioid consumption, improve the quality of recovery, and suppress the development or decrease the severity of chronic pain by anesthetizing the spinal nerves as they emerge from the intervertebral foramina, producing ipsilateral somatosensory, visceral and sympathetic nerve blockade. TPV block involves the injection of local anesthetic (LA) into the wedge-shaped paravertebral space deep to the superior costotransverse ligament (SCTL).
In our study investigators hypothesized that the Rhomboid Intercostal block (RIB) can provide an effective analgesia comparable with thoracic paravertebral (TPV) block without the necessity to approach the pleura and the attendant risks in adult patients undergoing Breast cancer surgeries.
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Detailed Description
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The patients will be randomized into two groups: RI block group and TPV block group in a 1:1 ratio using a computer-generated random table. The patient's assigned group information will be elicited from a sealed opaque envelope by the anesthesiologist who will perform the US-guided Rl and TPV block and will not be involved in further data collection or patient care. The patients and both the surgical and anesthesia teams, who are responsible for patient care and data collection will be blinded from the group assignments.
ANESTHETIC TECHNIQUE In this study,. All patients will be monitored using electrocardiography, pulse-oximetry, capnography,Non invasive Blood Pressure for blood pressure monitoring in the operating room.
After pre-oxygenation, general anesthesia will be induced with intravenous propofol (2 mg/kg) and fentanyl (1 μg/kg). After muscle relaxation with atracurium (0.5mg/kg), tracheal intubation will be performed by a cuffed endotracheal tube ,mechanical ventilation will be adjusted to maintain the end-tidal Carbon dioxide between 30 and 35 mmHg. Maintenance of anesthesia will be made using IV atracurium and inhalational anesthesia (isoflurane) starting at one minimal alveolar concentration (MAC) and will be adjusted to obtain an adequate level of anesthesia by titrating the concentration according to the BIS monitoring (BIS Complete Monitoring System P/N 185-0151 Covidien IIc, 15 Hampshire Street, Mansfield, MA 02048 USA) to keep the BIS value between 40 and 60.
After induction , the patient will be placed in the lateral decubitus position. The same anesthesiologist will perform the block.
In both groups, the T1-T12 thoracic spinal levels will be sonographically identified using a high frequency linear US probe (HFL\_50, 15\_6MHz). Then the probe will be placed vertically and nearly 3 cm lateral to the spinous process at the thoracic level T4/T5. The paraspinal muscles (erector spinae, trapezius, rhomboid), transverse processes , superior costo-transverse ligament (SCTL) and parietal pleura will be all identified under parasagittal scanning.
In RI block group, A 22 G, 50mm block needle (SONOTAP,Pajunk, -Geisingen,Germany) will be inserted in the cranial to caudal direction via an in-plane approach between the medial border of the scapula between the 4th and 5th rib of the patients in the RIB group. In the ultrasound image, the trapezius muscle, rhomboid muscle, intercostal muscles,pleura, and lung were identified. Under the aseptic condition, inserted laterally in the plane of the T5 level guided by an ultrasound probe with an in plane technique. The intravascular injection should be confirmed negative through aspiration, and 1-3 ml of normal saline was injected to divide the rhomboid and intercostal muscle, and a total volume of 20 ml of bupivacaine 0.25% ( not exceeding a maximum dose of 2 mg/kg) will be injected After negative aspiration of blood or air, injected into the deep layer of the rhomboid muscle.
In the TPV block group , the transverse process and the pleura will be identified and needle will be inserted in the cranial to caudal direction till it pierces the SCTL and reaches the paravertebral space. After negative aspiration of blood or air a total volume of 20 ml of bupivacaine 0.25% will be injected displacing the pleura downwards.
After 15 min , an incision will be made to perform the surgical procedure. . Continuous hemodynamic monitoring of blood pressure and heart rate will be done . If the systolic blood pressure decreased to a 20% below the baseline, 5 mg of ephedrine will be injected IV. Moreover, if the heart rate reduced to a 50 beat per minute or less , 0.5 mg of atropine will be injected IV.
Intraoperative if blood pressure increases over 20% of baseline and BIS value is between 40-60 we will give fentanyl (1 μg/kg)
At the end of the surgery, isoflurane will be discontinued and the muscle relaxant will be antagonized with neostigmine (0.04-0.08 mg/kg) and atropine (0.01 mg/kg) and will be extubated when the patient meets the following criteria: awake or arousable, hemodynamically stable, no ongoing active bleeding and warm extremities , after the return of spontaneous respiration.
At post anesthesia care unit all patients will be monitored blood pressure , heart rate and oxygen saturation , The patient's pain will be evaluated using a Visual Analog Scale (VAS) Both during rest and with cough (0: no pain, 10: worst pain ever) at time zero (postoperative when patient is fully conscious and can assess and evaluate pain) if there is pain patient will receive ketorolac 30mg IV and Paracetamol 1 gm IV
After admission at ward at the end of surgery, all patients will receive IV fentanyl via patient controlled analgesia (PCA) with concentration 10 μg/ml , with bolus 15 μg and lockout interval 10 minutes and maximum dose of 90 μg/hr with no background dose for 24 hours. Paracetamol 1 gm IV will be given every 8 hours.. The patient's pain will be evaluated using a Visual Analog Scale (VAS) (0: no pain, 10: worst pain ever) at time intervals: Time zero (when patient is fully conscious and can assess and evaluate the pain) then 30 minutes, 1 hour, 3 hours, 6 hours, 12 hours, and 24h postoperative.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
QUADRUPLE
Study Groups
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Rhomboid intercostal block
A 22G, 50mm block needle (SONOTAP,Pajunk, -Geisingen,Germany) will be inserted in the cranial to caudal direction via an in-plane approach between the medial border of the scapula between the 4th and 5th rib of the patients in the RIB group. In the ultrasound image, the trapezius muscle, rhomboid muscle, intercostal muscles,pleura, and lung were identified. Under the aseptic condition, inserted laterally in the plane of the T5 level guided by an ultrasound probe with an in plane technique.
Rhomboid Intercostal Block
In RI block group, A 22G, 50mm block needle (SONOTAP,Pajunk, -Geisingen,Germany) will be inserted in the cranial to caudal direction via an in-plane approach between the medial border of the scapula between the 4th and 5th rib of the patients in the RIB group. In the ultrasound image, the trapezius muscle, rhomboid muscle, intercostal muscles,pleura, and lung were identified. Under the aseptic condition, inserted laterally in the plane of the T5 level guided by an ultrasound probe with an in plane technique. The intravascular injection should be confirmed negative through aspiration, and 1-3 ml of normal saline was injected to divide the rhomboid and intercostal muscle, and a total volume of 20 ml of bupivacaine 0.25% ( not exceeding a maximum dose of 2 mg/kg) will be injected After negative aspiration of blood or air, injected into the deep layer of the rhomboid muscle.
Thoracic paravertebral block
the transverse process and the pleura will be identified and needle will be inserted in the cranial to caudal direction till it pierces the SCTL and reaches the paravertebral space.
Thoracic Paravertebral Block
In the TPV block group , the transverse process and the pleura will be identified and needle will be inserted in the cranial to caudal direction till it pierces the SCTL and reaches the paravertebral space. After negative aspiration of blood or air a total volume of 20 ml of bupivacaine 0.25% will be injected displacing the pleura downwards.
Interventions
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Rhomboid Intercostal Block
In RI block group, A 22G, 50mm block needle (SONOTAP,Pajunk, -Geisingen,Germany) will be inserted in the cranial to caudal direction via an in-plane approach between the medial border of the scapula between the 4th and 5th rib of the patients in the RIB group. In the ultrasound image, the trapezius muscle, rhomboid muscle, intercostal muscles,pleura, and lung were identified. Under the aseptic condition, inserted laterally in the plane of the T5 level guided by an ultrasound probe with an in plane technique. The intravascular injection should be confirmed negative through aspiration, and 1-3 ml of normal saline was injected to divide the rhomboid and intercostal muscle, and a total volume of 20 ml of bupivacaine 0.25% ( not exceeding a maximum dose of 2 mg/kg) will be injected After negative aspiration of blood or air, injected into the deep layer of the rhomboid muscle.
Thoracic Paravertebral Block
In the TPV block group , the transverse process and the pleura will be identified and needle will be inserted in the cranial to caudal direction till it pierces the SCTL and reaches the paravertebral space. After negative aspiration of blood or air a total volume of 20 ml of bupivacaine 0.25% will be injected displacing the pleura downwards.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) II-lll Scheduled for elective breast surgery for modified radical mastectomy, simple mastectomy, breast conservative surgery.
Exclusion Criteria
* Significant renal, hepatic and cardiovascular diseases.
* History of allergy to one of the study drugs.
* Any contraindication to regional anesthesia such as local infection or bleeding disorders.
* Chronic opioid use, history of chronic pain and cognitive disorders.
* Emergent surgeries
18 Years
FEMALE
Yes
Sponsors
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Fayoum University Hospital
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Mahdy Ahmed Abd Elhady
Associate professor of anesthesiology
Principal Investigators
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Mahdy A Abd El-hady, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Faculty of medicine, Fayoum university
Locations
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Fayoum university Hospital
El Fayoum Qesm, Faiyum Gove, Egypt
Countries
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References
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Elsharkawy H, Saifullah T, Kolli S, Drake R. Rhomboid intercostal block. Anaesthesia. 2016 Jul;71(7):856-7. doi: 10.1111/anae.13498. No abstract available.
Tulgar S, Selvi O, Thomas DT, Manukyan M, Ozer Z. Rhomboid intercostal block in a modified radical mastectomy and axillary curettage patient; A new indication for novel interfascial block. J Clin Anesth. 2019 May;54:158-159. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2018.12.006. Epub 2018 Dec 13. No abstract available.
Piraccini E, Biondi G, Corso RM, Maitan S. The use of rhomboid intercostal block, parasternal block and erector spinae plane block for breast surgery. J Clin Anesth. 2020 Feb;59:10. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2019.06.004. Epub 2019 Jun 6. No abstract available.
Tulgar S, Kiziltunc B, Thomas DT, Manukyan MN, Ozer Z. The combination of modified pectoral nerves block and rhomboid intercostal block provides surgical anesthesia in breast surgery. J Clin Anesth. 2019 Dec;58:44. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2019.04.040. Epub 2019 May 7. No abstract available.
Terkawi AS, Tsang S, Sessler DI, Terkawi RS, Nunemaker MS, Durieux ME, Shilling A. Improving Analgesic Efficacy and Safety of Thoracic Paravertebral Block for Breast Surgery: A Mixed-Effects Meta-Analysis. Pain Physician. 2015 Sep-Oct;18(5):E757-80.
Other Identifiers
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M 729
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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