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ArticleJournal of anaesthesiology, clinical pharmacology

Erector spinae plane block and transversus abdominis plane block for postoperative analgesia in cesarean section: A prospective randomized comparative study.

Aman Malawat, Kalpana Verma, Durga Jethava, Dharam Das Jethava

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Article in Journal of anaesthesiology, clinical pharmacology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aman MalawatDepartment of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Management, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, RIICO Institutional Area, Sitapura, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Kalpana VermaDepartment of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Management, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, RIICO Institutional Area, Sitapura, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Durga JethavaDepartment of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Management, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, RIICO Institutional Area, Sitapura, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Dharam Das JethavaDepartment of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Management, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, RIICO Institutional Area, Sitapura, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Gandhi Medical College & Hospital · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

aimsErector spinae plane (ESP) block is an interfascial plane block given at the paraspinal region and provides effective visceral and somatic analgesia. Transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block is also an interfascial block that provides adequate somatic pain control. We conducted this study to compare the analgesic efficacy of ESP and TAP blocks with ropivacaine for 48 h after the cesarean section. MATERIAL AND

methodsSixty patients scheduled for elective cesarean section under spinal anesthesia, randomly divided into ESP block (

resultsESP block provided prolonged analgesia compared to the TAP block, andthe mean time to first rescue analgesia was 43.53 h and 12.07 h, respectively (

conclusionESP block provided prolonged analgesia with a significant decrease in analgesic requirement compared to TAP block and can be used as a standard technique for post-cesarean analgesia.

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Analgesiaelective cesarean sectionropivacainetransversus abdominis plane block

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PMID33013035
PMCPMC7480289
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