Cardiothoracic & vascular anesthesia
Continuous erector spinae plane block versus thoracic epidural analgesia in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a prospective randomized open-label non-inferiority trial
Authors' conclusion
The continuous ESP block is non-inferior to TEA in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.
Study context
- Population
- Patients undergoing elective unilateral video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
- Participants
- 90 patients
- Comparison
- Erector spinae plane (ESP) block vs thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA)
- Primary endpoint
- QoR-15 score (baseline before surgery and POD 0, 1 and 2)
- Follow-up
- Postoperative days 0, 1, and 2
Methodological detailsmulticentre, prospective, open-label, non-inferiority, Conducted between July 2020 and December 2022
- Multicentre
- Prospective
- Open-label
- Non-inferiority
- Conducted between July 2020 and December 2022
Primary result
As reported in the abstract
QoR-15
Mean difference
1
95% CI −9 to −12P = 0.79
day 0
Mean difference
−1
95% CI −11 to −8P = 0.81
day 1
Mean difference
−2
95% CI −14 to −11P = 0.79
day 2
Original publication
Continuous erector spinae plane block versus thoracic epidural analgesia in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a prospective randomized open-label non-inferiority trial. Reg Anesth Pain Med. Published 11 January 2024. doi:10.
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