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Awake Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia Versus General Anesthesia in Thoracotomy
Led by Cairo University · Updated on 2025-04-17
50
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
24 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This study aims to compare awake thoracic epidural anesthesia and general anesthesia in thoracotomy.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Awake Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia Versus General Anesthesia in Thoracotomy
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Age from 18 to 75 years old
- Both genders
- American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classification II or III
- Scheduled for thoracotomy
You will not qualify if you...
- Difficult airway management
- Hemodynamically unstable patients
- Obesity (body mass index >30)
- Absolute contraindications to thoracic epidural anesthesia such as patient refusal, allergy to local anesthetics, coagulopathy, active neurologic disorders, skin infection at insertion site, uncooperative patients, uncontrolled cough, and unfavorable anatomy for thoracic epidural
- Neurological disorders including risk of seizure, inability to cooperate, intracranial mass or brain edema
- Extensive pleural adhesions or previous pulmonary resections
- Hypoxemia (PaO2 <60) or hypercarbia (PaCO2 >50)
- Poor cardiac function (ejection fraction less than 50%)
- Patients with bad pulmonary function tests
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt, 12613
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Research Team
M
Mohamed E Abdel Fattah, MD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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