Cardiothoracic & vascular anesthesia
Opioid-sparing effects of ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a randomized controlled study
Authors' conclusion
ESPB reduced intraoperative opioid consumption and early postoperative pain in patients undergoing VATS.
Study context
- Population
- Patients scheduled for thoracoscopic segmentectomy or lobectomy by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for lung cancer; all received IV PCA
- Participants
- Eighty patients
- Comparison
- ESP block vs control
- Primary endpoint
- Perioperative opioid consumption
Methodological detailsobserver-blinded, single-centre
- Observer-blinded
- Single-centre
Primary result
As reported in the abstract
Intraoperative and postoperative opioid consumption · early hours after VATS
- Significantly lower in the erector spinae plane block (ESPB) group than the control group
- p < 0.05
Further findings
Static/dynamic visual analogue scale (VAS) scores · early hours after VATS
- Significantly lower in the ESPB group than the control group
- P < 0.05
Safety
Adverse effects
- No significant differences between the two groups
Original publication
Opioid-sparing effects of ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a randomized controlled study. Perioper Med (Lond). Published 7 June 2024. doi:10.
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