Book Synopsis 1 - ULTRASOUND GUIDED ERECTOR SPINAE PLANE BLOCK REDUCES POSTOPERATIVE OPIOID CONSUMPTION FOLLOWING BREAST SURGERY: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED STUDY. by :
Download or read book 1 - ULTRASOUND GUIDED ERECTOR SPINAE PLANE BLOCK REDUCES POSTOPERATIVE OPIOID CONSUMPTION FOLLOWING BREAST SURGERY: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED STUDY. written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PurposePostoperative analgesia in breast surgery is a difficult and overworked issue due to extensive surgery and complex innervation of the breast. Erector spinae plane block (ESB) is a new defined regional anesthesia technique for thoracic analgesia. Although there are some case reports about ESB in breast surgeries, there is no published randomized controlled study in the literature about ESB use for this purpose. Main purpose of this study was to evaluate the analgesic effect of ultrasound guided ESB in breast surgery.MethodsFifty ASA I-II female patients, aged 25-65, who were scheduled to go under elective breast surgery were included to the study. Patients were randomized into two group as ESB and Control group. Single shot ultrasound (US) guided ESB with 20ml 0.25 % bupivacaine was done preoperatively to all patients in ESB group. Patients in both groups were provided with iv patient controlled analgesia device containing morphine for the postoperative analgesia. Morphine consumptions and visual analogue scale (VAS) scores for pain were recorded at 1st,6th, 12th and 24th hours postoperatively. ResultsThere were no significant differences between ESB and control groups for VAS scores at 1st, 6th, 12th and 24th hour (Median VAS values were 2, 2, 0, 0, and 2, 2, 1, 1 respectively). Postoperative morphine consumptions were significantly lower in ESB group compared to control group at postoperative 1st, 6th, 12th, 24th hour (Median doses of morphine consumptions were 1, 2, 3, 5 and 1, 5, 10, 16 mg respectively) (p