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ArticleFrontiers in surgery2022

The efficiency of ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block in early cervical cancer patients undergoing laparotomic radical hysterectomy: A double-blind randomized controlled trial.

Ling Zhou, Shan Wang, Chunmei Liu, Tingting Yan, Youping Song, Shuhua Shu, Sheng Wang, Xin Wei

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Article in Frontiers in surgery, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ling ZhouDepartment of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Shan WangDepartment of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Chunmei LiuDepartment of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Tingting YanDepartment of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Youping SongDepartment of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Shuhua ShuDepartment of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Sheng WangDepartment of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Xin WeiDepartment of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
University of Science and Technology of China · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aims: We aim to compare the efficiency of erector spinae plane block (ESPB) with transversus abdominis plane block (TAPB) in patients undergoing laparotomic radical hysterectomy because only a few studies are reported exploring this matter. Methods: In this randomized controlled trail, 154 eligible patients were randomly allocated into ESPB group [ESPB + patient-controlled intravenous analgesia (PCIA)] and TAPB group (TAPB + PCIA) at 1:1 ratio. The primary outcome was visual analog scale (VAS) score at rest state at 12 h. Results: We found that ESPB group was associated with the lower VAS scores at rest and cough state than TAPB group at 2, 4, 6, 12, and 24 h postoperatively ( Conclusions: Our study found that ESPB had advantages on analgesic effect and opioids consumption. In the future, more studies were needed to confirm our findings.

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analgesic effectESPBlaparotomic radical hysterectomyopioids consumptionTAPB

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PMID36756657
PMCPMC9899845
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