Erector Spinae Plane Block Catheters and Intrathecal Morphine for Hepatic Resection

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 4
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of California, San Diego

About this trial

To determine whether the addition of erector spinae plane (ESP) catheters to existing multimodal analgesic regimen with intrathecal morphine provides superior postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing hepatic resection compared with patients not receiving ESP catheters.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

undergoing hepatic resection

Admitting service requests APS consult

>18 years old and able to provide consent

Disqualifiers

pregnancy

incarceration

inability to communicate with the investigators and hospital staff

severe hepatic disease

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • 0.2% ropivacaine local anesthetic continuous erector spinae plane block
  • 0.2% ropivacaine local anesthetic superficially taped continuous erector spinae plane block
  • Spinal Morphine

Treatment groups

70 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups