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Trial reportGeneral thoracic and cardiovascular surgery2022

Effects of continuous erector spinae plane block on postoperative pain in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a randomized controlled study.

Özcan Pişkin, Mertol Gökçe, Bülent Altınsoy, Çağdaş Baytar, Bengü Gülhan Aydın, Rahşan Dilek Okyay, Gamze Küçükosman, Keziban Bollucuoğlu, Hilal Ayoğlu

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Trial report in General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Erector spinae plane block for postoperative pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024
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  4. Erector spinae plane block for postoperative pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Özcan PişkinDepartment of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, School of Medicine, Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, Turkey. drozcanp@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3538-0317
Mertol GökçeDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, School of Medicine, Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, Turkey.
Bülent AltınsoyDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, School of Medicine, Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, Turkey.
Çağdaş BaytarDepartment of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, School of Medicine, Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, Turkey.
Bengü Gülhan AydınDepartment of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, School of Medicine, Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, Turkey.
Rahşan Dilek OkyayDepartment of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, School of Medicine, Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, Turkey.
Gamze KüçükosmanDepartment of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, School of Medicine, Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, Turkey.
Keziban BollucuoğluDepartment of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, School of Medicine, Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, Turkey.
Hilal AyoğluDepartment of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, School of Medicine, Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, Turkey.
Bülent Ecevit University · TR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe aim of this prospective, randomized, controlled study was to evaluate the analgesic effect of ultrasonography (USG) guided continuous erector spinae plane block (ESPB) for postoperative analgesia in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS).

methodsEighty American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I-III patients aged 18-75 and who were to undergo VATS were included in this study. Randomization was performed in 2 groups, continuous ESPB (ESPB Group) and no intervention (Control Group). 20 mL of 0.25% bupivacaine was administered for the block. Immediately after surgery, the patient received continuous infusion of 0.125% bupivacaine at 4 mL h

resultsThe use of continuous ESPB in VATS significantly decreased the amount of tramadol used in the first 48 h postoperatively (P < 0.001). There was a statistically significant difference in the number of meperidine rescue analgesia administered between the ESPB and Control Groups (P < 0.001). While the incidences of nausea and itching were higher in Control Group, there were no differences in terms of the other side effects between the groups.

conclusionsThis study shows that USG-guided continuous ESPB provides adequate analgesia following VATS as part of multimodal analgesia. Continuous ESPB significantly reduced opioid consumption and opioid-related side effects compared to those in the Control Group.

Indexed as

Nerve BlockThoracic Surgery, Video-AssistedHumansParaspinal MusclesPostoperative PainProspective StudiesUltrasonography, InterventionalAnalgesiaAnalgesicsIntermediate back musclesNerve blockOpioidPainParaspinal musclesPatient-controlledPostoperativeThoracic surgeryTramadolUltrasonographyVideo-assisted

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