ReviewCureus2022
The Use of Pericapsular Nerve Group (PENG) Block in Hip Surgeries Is Associated With a Reduction in Opioid Consumption, Less Motor Block, and Better Patient Satisfaction: A Meta-Analysis.
Review in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06834243 (Comparison of Intermittent Bolus and Continuous Infusion Pericapsular Nerve Group Block on Recovery Quality and Analgesic Consumption), which is not on this map. Cited by 21 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Comparison of Intermittent Bolus and Continuous Infusion Pericapsular Nerve Group Block on Recovery Quality and Analgesic Consumption: A Retrospective Study
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.
- Analgesic and Functional Outcomes of the Pericapsular Nerve Group Block Versus the Quadratus Lumborum Block After Hip Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Pain research & management · 2026Pooled it
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- Efficacy and Safety of Pericapsular Nerve Group Block for Hip Fracture Surgery under Spinal Anesthesia: A Meta-Analysis.International journal of clinical practice · 2024Pooled it
- The efficacy of pericapsular nerve group block for postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing hip surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Pericapsular nerve group (PENG) block at 10 mL vs. 20 mL for postoperative analgesia after total hip arthroplasty: a randomized controlled trial.BMC anesthesiology · 2026Trial
- Efficacy of Supplemental Ultrasound-Guided Pericapsular Nerve Group (PENG) Block Combined with Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Block in Patients Receiving Local Infiltration Analgesia after Hip Fracture Surgery: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Trial
- Surgeon-Performed Intraoperative Pericapsular Nerve Group Block in Total Hip Replacement: A Cadaveric Feasibility Study.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2026Article
- Direct visualization-guided PENG block (Pericapsular nerve Group): optimizing postoperative analgesia in total hip arthroplasty.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2026Article
- Efficacy of pericapsular nerve group block for pain control and functional recovery after total hip arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.EFORT open reviews · 2025Article
- Regional Nerve Block for Hip Fracture Surgery in an Elderly Patient With Severe Aortic Stenosis: A Case Report.Cureus · 2025Article
- PENG block in elderly patients with hip fracture: less is more? A prospective observational monocentric study.Journal of anesthesia, analgesia and critical care · 2025Article
- Ultrasound-guided iliopsoas plane block combined with lateral femoral cutaneous nerve block for postoperative analgesia in hip arthroplasty: a retrospective case series.Perioperative medicine (London, England) · 2025Review
- Clinical outcomes of pericapsular nerve group block in hip arthroscopy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2025Review
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- Preoperative Analgesia Efficacy of Liposomal Bupivacaine Following Pericapsular Nerve Group (PENG) Block in Patients with Hip Fracture: A Randomized Controlled Observer-Blinded Study.Pain and therapy · 2025Article
- Efficacy and Safety of Pericapsular Nerve Group Block (PENG) in Hip Surgery Under General Anaesthesia: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Efficacy of Pericapsular Nerve Group (PENG) block in preoperative rehabilitation (Prehabilitation) for patients with femoral neck fractures: study protocol for a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded trial.BMC anesthesiology · 2024Article
- Utilization of the pericapsular nerve group block in preoperative rehabilitation of patients with femoral neck fractures -a case series.Korean journal of anesthesiology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Pericapsular nerve group (PENG) block has been successfully utilized as an optional regional anesthesia approach to manage the pain for hip surgeries without affecting motor function. During recent years, the applications of PENG block are expanding. There is one previous review on PENG block for hip surgeries in the scientific literature and it is limited to case series and case reports only. We found few randomized controlled trials related to the role of PENG block in recent literature. So, a meta-analysis was done to evaluate the role of PENG block in managing postoperative pain after hip surgeries. We followed PRISMA guidelines to perform this meta-analysis. Online databases including Medline and ScienceDirect were used. This review was registered with the PROSPERO database (CRD42022297694) in January 2022. The included studies in this review reported opioid use, pain control after surgery, and side effects associated with PENG block among patients undergoing hip surgeries. The Review Manager software, i.e. RevMan for Mac 5.4 (Cochrane Collaboration, Oxford, UK) was utilized to conduct a meta-analysis. During this meta-analysis, six randomized trials were included. Our results demonstrated that PENG block usage for patients undergoing hip surgery is correlated with a significant reduction in opioids in the first 24 h after surgery (p=0.05). It also resulted in significant prolongation of time to first request analgesia with mean difference as 3.82 h (0.05-7.60), (p=0.05). Our results showed that PENG block is associated with better patient satisfaction as well. The PENG block resulted in less motor block in the postoperative period (p=0.0002). In conclusion, PENG block can significantly reduce 24-h opioids consumption after hip surgery. This block also resulted in prolonged time to first request of analgesia postoperatively. There is less risk of motor block and hence the potential for better physiotherapy.
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