Trial reportSaudi medical journal2023
A prospective double-blinded randomized control trial comparing erector spinae plane block to thoracic epidural analgesia for postoperative pain in video-assisted thoracic surgery.
Trial report in Saudi medical journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Effects of rhomboid intercostal and sub-serratus plane block on perioperative analgesic efficacy and diaphragm excursion in video-assisted thoracic surgery: a prospective, randomized controlled trial.BMC anesthesiology · 2025Trial
- Spread of local anaesthetic after erector spinae plane block: a randomised, three-dimensional reconstruction, imaging study.British journal of anaesthesia · 2025Trial
- Analgesic efficacy of continuous ultrasound-guided unilateral erector spinae block and thoracic epidural analgesia in patients undergoing antero-lateral thoracotomy.World journal of methodology · 2025Article
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- Intercostal Catheters Reduce Long-Term Pain and Postoperative Opioid Consumption after VATS.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- 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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Abstract
objectivesTo compare the analgesic efficacies of erector spinae plane (ESP) block and thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA) in video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS).
methodsSixty patients undergoing VATS received patient-controlled TEA with a basal rate of 3 ml/hour (h), a bolus of 3 ml (Group E), or ESP block with programmed intermittent bolus infusions of 15 mL/3 h and a bolus of 5 ml (Group ES) for 2 postoperative days. The primary outcome was to compare pain scores at rest 24 h postoperatively between the 2 groups. Secondary outcomes included NRS score for 48 h, procedural time, dermatomal spread, use of rescue medication, adverse events, and patient satisfaction.
resultsPatients with continuous ESP block had a higher NRS score than those with TEA but no statistical difference at a specific time. The dermatomal spread was more extensive in the TEA group than in the ESP block group (
conclusionErector spinae plane block may be inferior to TEA for analgesia following VATS, but it could have tolerable analgesia and a better side effect profile than TEA. Therefore, it could be an alternative to TEA as a component of multimodal analgesia.
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