ArticleIndian journal of anaesthesia2021
Efficacy of ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block following breast surgery - A double-blinded randomised, controlled study.
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- Analgesic efficacy of uni-level erector spinae plane block in breast cancer surgery patients: a systematic review and Meta-analysis.BMC anesthesiology · 2026Pooled it
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- Narrative review: erector spinae block in spine surgery.Journal of spine surgery (Hong Kong) · 2023Review
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- Comparative retrospective review of perioperative analgesia using ultrasound-guided programmed intermittent erector spinae plane block for video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy.BMC anesthesiology · 2023Article
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- Postoperative pain management: Stepping towards newer frontiers.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2022Article
- A randomised prospective single-blind pilot study to compare the analgesic efficacy of thoracic epidural block and erector spinae plane block in breast cancer surgery.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2022Article
- Impact of Ultrasound-Guided Deep Serratus Anterior Plane Block Combined With Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant to Ropivacaine Inpatient Quality of Recovery Scores Undergoing Modified Radical Mastectomy: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
- Chest Wall Nerve Blocks for Cardiothoracic, Breast Surgery, and Rib-Related Pain.Current pain and headache reports · 2022Review
- Combined fascial plane blocks as the sole regional anesthesia technique for breast surgery in high-risk patients.Journal of anaesthesiology, clinical pharmacologyArticle
- Regional anesthesia in breast surgery: An Italian expert consensus - Part 2: Results from a network meta-analysis evaluating 103 randomized controlled trials on regional anesthesia techniques for mastectomy with or without axillary clearance.Saudi journal of anaesthesiaArticle
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimsRegional anaesthesia has been used to reduce acute post-operative pain as well as opioid-related side effects in breast cancer surgery. Erector spinae plane (ESP) block is a relatively new fascial plane block being tried in various surgical procedures. Our study is a double-blind randomised trial, designed to prove the efficacy of this block in breast surgeries.
methodsSeventy female patients scheduled for unilateral breast surgery were enroled in this prospective, randomised, double-blind study. Patients were randomised to group A and group B. All patients received general anaesthesia while group B received additional ultrasound-guided erector spinae block given at thoracic level-T5 with 20ml of 0.25% bupivacaine. Time to first rescue analgesia was the primary outcome. Secondary outcomes were total intraoperative opioid consumption, pain scores over 24 h, post-operative nausea and vomiting and patient satisfaction score at discharge. The Shapiro-Wilk test was used to check the normality of each variable. A comparison was done using Mann-Whitney test and the level of significance was set at 0.05.
resultsThe median time to first rescue analgesia in group A versus group B was 1 h (1-12h) versus 8 h (1-26h), respectively, with a
conclusionUltrasound-guided ESP block with general anaesthesia offers superior post-operative analgesia compared to general anaesthesia alone in patients undergoing unilateral nonreconstructive breast cancer surgeries.
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