Effects of Erector Spinae Plane Block on Postoperative Pain and Quality of Recovery Questionnaire Scores in Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Opioid-free anesthesia with erector spinae plane block (ESPB) has the potential to decrease perioperative opioid need, thereby potentially reducing related complications. This study aimed to compare opioid-free anesthesia with ESPB and standard opioid-based balanced anesthesia in patients undergoing video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) in terms of postoperative opioid need (through patient control analgesia) as well as postoperative pain management, recovery quality, and opioid-related side effects.

Methods

Seventy-four patients, ranging in age from 18 to 75 years, who underwent lobectomy with VATS were included in this randomized-controlled study. The opioid-free group had ESPB, and no opioid was used during anesthesia maintenance. The opioid group received sta

SUBMITTER: Orhon Ergun M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10096119 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature