The Analgesic Efficacy Supra-scapular Nerve RF After Breast Surgery
Chronic Pain Syndrome
About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Chronic Pain Syndrome focused on measuring post mastectomy pain
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- patients with post-mastectomy pain
Exclusion Criteria:
- Exclusion criteria are patients with any medical contraindications to neurolysis, patients with other bone metastases.
Sites / Locations
- Tanta university hospital
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Active Comparator
Active Comparator
suprascapular nerve RF
suprascapular nerve block
Eighty patients with chronic shoulder pain after breast surgery were allocated randomly into 2 groups (Figure1); forty patients received fluoroscopically guided supra-scapular nerve pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) followed by injection through the radiofrequency needle of mL of 0.25% bupivacaine solution containing 40 mg of methylprednisolone (group1)
and forty patients received fluoroscopically guided supra-scapular nerve injection of mL of 0.25% bupivacaine solution containing 40 mg of methylprednisolone (group 2) without active pulsed radiofrequency only demo mode was applied.