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Echo-guided scalp blocks and incidence of postoperative pain in scheduled supratentorial intracranial surgery.
EU CTIS ID: 2024-520320-28-00
What this study is testing
Demonstrate the efficacy of echo-guided scalp blocks in decreasing the incidence of severe pain in the early postoperative period of supratentorial intracranial surgeries.
- Phase III and phase IV (Integrated)
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Who can take part
You may be able to join if
- Age > 18 years
- Patient admitted to the neurosurgical unit for intracranial supratentorial surgery with flap performed
- Person affiliated with or benefiting from a social security scheme
- Free, informed and written consent signed by the participant and the investigating physician (no later than the day of inclusion and before any examination required by the research).
You likely can't join if
- Awake surgical procedure (systematic scalp blocks required)
- Aphasia of comprehension preoperatively or expected postoperatively, or any other neurological impairment making pain self-assessment impossible
- Contraindication to the use of local anesthetics: allergy or history of intoxication with local anesthetics
- Patients with chronic pain or daily pre-operative morphine consumption
- Contraindication to adrenaline infiltration: severe ventricular rhythm disorders, severe obstructive cardiomyopathy, unstable coronary insufficiency, hypersensitivity to adrenaline.
- Pregnant or breast-feeding women
See the full eligibility criteria
- Age > 18 years
- Patient admitted to the neurosurgical unit for intracranial supratentorial surgery with flap performed
- Person affiliated with or benefiting from a social security scheme
- Free, informed and written consent signed by the participant and the investigating physician (no later than the day of inclusion and before any examination required by the research).
- Awake surgical procedure (systematic scalp blocks required)
- Aphasia of comprehension preoperatively or expected postoperatively, or any other neurological impairment making pain self-assessment impossible
- Contraindication to the use of local anesthetics: allergy or history of intoxication with local anesthetics
- Patients with chronic pain or daily pre-operative morphine consumption
- Contraindication to adrenaline infiltration: severe ventricular rhythm disorders, severe obstructive cardiomyopathy, unstable coronary insufficiency, hypersensitivity to adrenaline.
- Pregnant or breast-feeding women
- Patients under legal protection (persons deprived of their liberty or under guardianship).
The study team makes the final eligibility decision.
Questions & answers
Do participants get paid in this trial?
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How long does this study last?
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Who can join this trial?
This study is enrolling all sexes, 18-64 years, 65+ years. The study team makes the final eligibility decision.
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