# Deep Serratus Anterior Plane Block vs Surgically-placed Paravertebral Block for VATS Surgery

> **NCT03768193** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Mater Misericordiae University Hospital** · enrollment: 40 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Thoracic Diseases
- Thoracic Surgery
- Rib Fractures
- Pain, Postoperative
- Pain, Procedural
- Anaesthesia, Regional

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Deep serratus anterior plane block
- **PROCEDURE:** Surgically-placed paravertebral block

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03768193
- **Lead sponsor:** Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2017-10-04
- **Primary completion:** 2018-09-01
- **Final completion:** 2018-09-01
- **Target enrollment:** 40 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2018-12-07


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03768193

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03768193, "Deep Serratus Anterior Plane Block vs Surgically-placed Paravertebral Block for VATS Surgery". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03768193. Licensed CC0.

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