Improvement in postoperative pain control by combined use of intravenous dexamethasone with dexmedetomidine after erector spinae plane block and serratus anterior plane block for thoracoscopic surgery: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Acute pain after thoracoscopic surgery is very noticeable and often requires additional techniques or adjunctive medications to reduce it. We investigated whether intravenous dexamethasone with dexmedetomidine after erector spinae plane block and serratus anterior plane block could further decrease the incidence of moderate-to-severe pain.

Methods

A total of 81 patients were randomly assigned to group C (20 mL normal saline), group S (10 mg dexamethasone + normal saline to 20 mL), or group SM (10 mg dexamethasone + 1 µg/kg dexmedetomidine + normal saline to 20 mL). All patients underwent erector spinae plane block and serratus anterior plane block 30 min before anesthesia induction and all drugs were infused intravenously 30 min after general anesthesia induction.

SUBMITTER: Zhang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11984028 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature