Perioperative medicine & outcomes
Efficacy of ultrasound guided sphenopalatine ganglion block in management of emergence agitation after sinoscopic nasal surgery: a randomized double-blind controlled study
Authors' conclusion
SPGB effectively reduced EA incidence, severity, and duration after sinoscopic nasal surgery.
Study context
- Population
- Patients undergoing sinoscopic nasal surgery under GA110 completed
- Participants
- 120 patients
- Comparison
- G1 vs G2
- Primary endpoint
- Incidence of emergence agitation (EA)
Methodological detailsdouble-blind
- Double-blind
Primary result
As reported in the abstract
Incidence of EA
Secondary outcomes
Postoperative analgesia duration
Intraoperative bleeding volume
- Significantly lower in G1 vs G2
Surgical field quality
- Significantly higher in G1 vs G2
Pain severity in PACU
- Significantly lower in G1 vs G2
Postoperative opioid consumption · 24 h
- Significantly reduced in G1 vs G2
Postoperative analgesia duration
- Significantly longer in G1 than G2
Original publication
Efficacy of ultrasound guided sphenopalatine ganglion block in management of emergence agitation after sinoscopic nasal surgery: a randomized double-blind controlled study. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. Published 2 October 2024. doi:10.
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