Observational studyLangenbeck's archives of surgery2024
Spinal analgesia with continuous local wound infusion vs thoracic epidural analgesia after open pancreaticoduodenectomy.
Observational study in Langenbeck's archives of surgery, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Rectus sheath catheters versus thoracic epidural analgesia for pain management after open surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis.The British journal of surgery · 2026Pooled it
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Abstract
backgroundThe current gold standard for postoperative analgesia following a pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) is a thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA). Spinal analgesia with continuous wound infusion (CWI) of local anaesthetic is an emerging alternative modality. This non-inferiority study aimed to compare CWI with spinal analgesia to TEA and assess its impact on clinical outcomes.
methodsA retrospective observational analysis of patients undergoing open pancreatoduodenectomy through a midline laparotomy. A total of 74 patients were included in the study forming two groups: CWI (n = 33) and TEA (n = 41).
resultsTEA resulted in lower median pain scores at rest (p = 0.002) and with coughing (p = 0.005) on postoperative day 2. CWI was non-inferior to TEA for all other pain outcomes measures from days 0-5. Patients in the CWI group had a shorter time to first bowel motion (p = 0.001), commencement of a liquid diet (p = 0.04), earlier removal of nasogastric tube (p = 0.005), abdominal drain (p = 0.003) and indwelling catheter (p < 0.001). Analgesic failure and postoperative nausea and vomiting were also less frequent (p = 0.001 and p < 0.001 respectively).
conclusionLocal CWI with spinal analgesia was non-inferior to TEA for pain management in open pancreaticoduodenectomy. CWI demonstrated advantages in measures associated with enhanced recovery after surgery programs without disadvantages in terms of analgesia requirements.
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