Table 1.
Trial Schedule
| Time Point | Study Period | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enrolment | Allocation | Post-Allocation | |||||||
| −1 D | 0 | PRE | POS 6h | POS 12h | POS 24h | POS 48h | POS 30d | POS 90d | |
| Enrolment | |||||||||
| Eligibility Screen | × | ||||||||
| Informed consent | × | ||||||||
| Allocation | × | ||||||||
| Interventions | |||||||||
| Low SAPB | × | ||||||||
| Placebo control | × | ||||||||
| Assessments | |||||||||
| QoR-40 score | × | × | × | × | |||||
| NRS score | × | × | × | × | × | × | |||
| Opioid consumption | × | × | × | × | |||||
| PCIA press counts | × | × | |||||||
| Consumption of analgesic drugs except opioid | × | × | × | × | |||||
| Adverse effects | × | × | × | × | × | ||||
| Chronic pain | × | ||||||||
Abbreviations: PRE, preoperative; POS, postoperative; SAPB, serratus anterior plane block; NRS, numeric rating score; QoR-40 score, quality of Recovery-40.