• J Clin Anesth · May 2024

    Usefulness of ultrasound-guided serratus-anterior block in prevention of postoperative pain after breast surgery. A cohort study.

    • Maria A Perez-Herrero, Mario Fajardo Perez, Yamak AltinpullukEceEMorphological Madrid Research Center (MoMaRC), Ultradissection Spain EchoTraining School, Madrid, Spain; Outcomes Research Consortium, Cleveland, OH, USA; Anesthesiology Clinical Research Office, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey., and Tolga Ergonenc.
    • Morphological Madrid Research Center (MoMaRC), Ultradissection Spain EchoTraining School, Madrid, Spain; Anesthesiology and Reanimation Department, Clinical University Hospital in Valladolid, Spain; Human Anatomy and Radiology Department, Medicine University, Valladolid, Spain. Electronic address: aperezh@saludcastillayleon.es.
    • J Clin Anesth. 2024 May 1; 93: 111360111360.

    ObjectiveTo evaluate superficial serratus anterior plane block's efficacy and side effects in preventing postoperative pain after breast cancer surgery.MethodologyA prospective cohort study was conducted on 195 adult patients undergoing breast oncological surgery under general anesthesia (Group G, n = 96) or combined general anesthesia with superficial serratus anterior plane block (Group L, n = 99). Validated preoperative data, which are predictors of chronic postoperative pain of patients, were recorded (type of surgery, age, pain in the area of the intervention and the other regions; anesthetic-surgical data, analgesic doses used, duration of surgery; pain intensity (EVN scale) at immediate postoperative period, 24 h, seven days and one month after the surgery, and complications.ResultsPain intensity, measured by the EVN scale, had a mean of 1.02 +/- 1.656 in the Postoperative Unit; 1.20 +/- 1.448 at 24 h; 0.76 +/- 1208 seven days; and 0.34 +/- 0.757 one month after surgery. Patients were operated under general anesthesia (n = 96) or general anesthesia combined with the interfascial block (n = 99). Significant differences (p < 0.05) were found in age, height, and VAS scale in PACU. Ten complications were recorded, six in Group L and four in Group G. There were no differences between groups in complications.ConclusionsSuperficial serratus anterior plane blocks are effective and safe in pain control in the immediate postoperative period for breast cancer surgery as a part of the multimodal approach. No significant differences were found one week and one month after surgery.Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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