ArticleFrontiers in surgery2023
The thoracolumbar interfascial block with local anesthesia in osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures treated with percutaneous kyphoplasty provides better analgesia compared with local anesthesia alone: A randomized controlled study.
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- Risk factors of residual back pain after vertebral augmentation in osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Anesthesia for vertebral compression fractures treated with percutaneous kyphoplasty: Comparison of erector spinae plane block, extrapedicular infiltration anesthesia, and conventional local infiltration anesthesia.Acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica · 2026Trial
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Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of the thoracolumbar interfascial block (TLIPB) in percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP), and to confirm that the TLIPB further minimizes perioperative pain and residual back pain on the basis of local anesthesia. Method: From April 2021 to May 2022, 60 patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures were included in this prospective randomized controlled trial. Patients were randomly assigned to a local anesthesia group (A group) or a TLIPB on the basis of local anesthesia group (A + TLIPB group) before PKP. Pain level (visual analog scale, VAS), amount of analgesic rescue drugs (parecoxib), operative time, mean arterial pressure, heart rate, and complications were assessed and compared between the two groups. Results: Compared with the A group, VAS scores were lower in the A + TLIPB group, respectively, when the trocar punctured the vertebral body (7.4 ± 0.7 vs. 4.5 ± 0.9; Conclusion: The addition of the TLIPB to local anesthesia can further minimize perioperative pain and residual back pain, and reduce perioperative rescue analgesic use. When added to local anesthesia, the TLIPB is an effective and safe anesthetic method for PKP. Clinical trial registration: This study has been registered in the Clinical Trial registration: ChiCTR-2100044236.
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