Trial reportInternational journal of clinical practice2022
Comparison of Rhomboid Intercostal Block, Erector Spinae Plane Block, and Serratus Plane Block on Analgesia for Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial.
Trial report in International journal of clinical practice, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. It is linked to trial NCT07441902 (Ultrasound-Guided Liposomal Bupivacaine Plus Bupivacaine Rhomboid Intercostal Block for Postoperative Pain Relief in Patients Undergoing Thoracoscopic Surgery), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Ultrasound-Guided Liposomal Bupivacaine Plus Bupivacaine Rhomboid Intercostal Block for Postoperative Pain Relief in Patients Undergoing Thoracoscopic Surgery:A Multi-Center Randomized Controlled Trial
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.
- Erector Spinae Plane Block vs. Intercostal Nerve Block for Pain Management in Thoracic Surgeries and Chest Wall Traumas: A Meta-Analysis.Current pain and headache reports · 2026Pooled it
- Rhomboid intercostal block versus erector spinae plane block for perioperative analgesia in patients undergoing reduction mammoplasty: a prospective randomized study.BMC anesthesiology · 2026Trial
- Rhomboid intercostal block versus serratus block for postoperative analgesia after thoracoscopic sympathectomy for primary palmar hyperhidrosis: a randomized controlled trial.BMC anesthesiology · 2023Trial
- Comparison of Ultrasound-guided Erector Spinae Plane Block Versus Rhomboid Intercostal Block for Perioperative Analgesia in Breast Cancer Surgery.Turkish journal of anaesthesiology and reanimation · 2026Article
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- Efficacy and Clinical Role of Rhomboid Intercostal Nerve Block for Postoperative Pain Management: a Narrative Review.Current pain and headache reports · 2025Review
- Comparison of the postoperative analgesic efficacy of serratus anterior plane block with different types of blocks for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Turk gogus kalp damar cerrahisi dergisi · 2024Article
- The Efficacy of Continuous Serratus Anterior and Erector Spinae Plane Blocks vs Intercostal Nerve Block in Uniportal-Vats Surgery: A Propensity-Matched Prospective Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Analgesic efficacy and safety of erector spinae versus serratus anterior plane block in thoracic surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Journal of anesthesia, analgesia and critical care · 2024Review
- Nerve Blocks for Post-Surgical Pain Management: A Narrative Review of Current Research.Journal of pain research · 2024Review
- Efficacy of preemptive intercostal nerve block on recovery in patients undergoing video-assisted thoracic lobectomy.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2023Article
- The Shining Star of the Last Decade in Regional Anesthesia Part-I: Interfascial Plane Blocks for Breast, Thoracic, and Orthopedic Surgery.The Eurasian journal of medicine · 2022Article
- A comparative study between ultrasound guided serratus anterior block and erector spinae block for perioperative analgesia in children undergoing upper thoracic surgeries: A randomized trial.Journal of anaesthesiology, clinical pharmacologyArticle
Corrections and comments
- Retracted
Authors and funding
5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background: Thoracic surgery is one of the most painful surgical steps. An important tool for managing postoperative pain is effective postoperative analgesia. This research aimed at comparing the analgesic roles of three new fascial block techniques in the postoperative period after video-helped thoracoscopic operation (VATS). Methods: We randomly allocated ninety patients into three teams experiencing ultrasound-directed serratus plane block, erector spinae plane block, and the rhomboid intercostal block, respectively. 0.4% ropivacaine of 20 mL was received by all groups. Conclusion: The dosage of sufentanil can be effectively reduced by ultrasound-directed rhomboid intercostal block and erector spinae plane block within 24 hours after VATS surgery, and pain can be relieved effectively within 24 hours by comparing with serratus plane block.
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