• Paediatric anaesthesia · Dec 2019

    Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial

    Ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block for postoperative analgesia in pediatric patients undergoing splenectomy; a prospective randomized controlled trial.

    • Shaimaa F Mostafa, Mohamed S Abdelghany, Taysser M Abdelraheem, and Mohamed M Abu Elyazed.
    • Department of anesthesia and surgical intensive care, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.
    • Paediatr Anaesth. 2019 Dec 1; 29 (12): 1201-1207.

    BackgroundMany analgesic modalities have been investigated in pediatrics. We studied the analgesic efficacy of bilateral ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block in pediatric patients undergoing open midline splenectomy.MethodsSixty patients aged 3-10 years were randomly assigned into two groups: Control group received general anesthesia with bilateral sham erector spinae plane block using 0.3 mL/kg normal saline on each side. Erector spinae plane block group received bilateral ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block using 0.3 mL/kg bupivacaine 0.25% (on each side) with a maximum dose of 2 mg/kg. Children's Hospital Eastern Ontario Pain Scale (CHEOPS), total consumption of intraoperative fentanyl (1 µg/kg IV in case of inadequate analgesia), time to first rescue analgesic administration, and postoperative paracetamol consumption were recorded over the first 24 hours postoperatively.ResultsThe median (IQR) postoperative CHEOPS score at 1 hour was lower in erector spinae plane block group (5.0 (4.75 -5.25)) than the control group (7.0 (6.0-10.0)) (P < .001, 95% CI: 1.0; 5.0). The CHEOPS scores for the first eight postoperative hours were lower in the erector spinae plane block group (5.0 (5.0-6.0)) than the control group (6.0 (6.0 -10.0)) (P ˂ .001, 95% CI: 1.0; 2.0). Intraoperative fentanyl administration was higher in the control group 40.0 (21.5-50.0) μg compared to erector spinae plane block group 0.0 (0.0-0.0) μg (P ˂ .001, 95% CI: 23.0; 48.0). The total postoperative paracetamol consumption was higher in the control group (37.5 ± 17.1 mg/kg) compared to erector spinae plane block group (8.5 ± 10.9 mg/kg) (P ˂ .001, 95% CI: 21.57; 36.43). The time to the first postoperative rescue analgesic requirement was longer in the erector spinae plane block group.ConclusionUltrasound-guided erector spinae plane block reduced CHEOPS score for the first eight hours postoperatively with the reduction of intraoperative fentanyl and postoperative paracetamol consumptions.© 2019 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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