Clinical Trial: Ultrasound-Guided Erector Spinae Plane Block Versus Thoracoscopically-Guided Intercostal Nerve Block in Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery: A Prospective Randomized Study Evaluating Postoperative Analgesic Consumption, Pain Perception and Procedure Duration

U.S., April 18 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07535697) titled 'Ultrasound-Guided Erector Spinae Plane Block Versus Thoracoscopically-Guided Intercostal Nerve Block in Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery: A Prospective Randomized Study Evaluating Postoperative Analgesic Consumption, Pain Perception and Procedure Duration' on April 10.

Brief Summary: Effective postoperative pain management is essential after thoracic surgery. Insufficient pain control may impair breathing and coughing, increasing the risk of pulmonary complications such as collapsed lungs (atelectasis) or pneumonia.

Although minimally invasive lung surgery (video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, VATS) is less painful than open ...