PMID- 34340839 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211115 LR - 20220301 IS - 1471-6771 (Electronic) IS - 0007-0912 (Linking) VI - 127 IP - 4 DP - 2021 Oct TI - Effect of erector spinae plane block on the postoperative quality of recovery after laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a prospective double-blind study. PG - 629-635 LID - S0007-0912(21)00419-0 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.bja.2021.06.030 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a common surgical procedure that frequently results in substantial postoperative pain. Erector spinae plane block (ESPB) has been shown to have beneficial postoperative analgesic effects when used as a part of multimodal analgesia. The aim of this study was to determine whether ESPB improves postoperative recovery quality in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Evaluation of the effects of ESPB on postoperative pain, opioid consumption, and nausea and vomiting was the secondary objective. METHODS: In this prospective double-blind study, 82 patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy were randomised into one of two groups: a standard multimodal analgesic regimen in Group N (control) or an ESPB was performed in Group E. Preoperative and postoperative recovery quality was measured using the 40-item quality of recovery (QoR-40) questionnaire; postoperative pain was evaluated using the numerical rating scale scores. RESULTS: Postoperative mean (standard deviation) QoR-40 scores were higher in Group E (181 [7.3]) than in Group N (167 [11.4]); P<0.01. With repeated measures, a significant effect of group and time was demonstrated for the global QoR-40 score, P<0.01, indicating better quality of recovery in Group E. Pain scores were significantly lower in Group E than in Group N, both during resting and motion at T1-T8 times (P<0.01 at each time). The total amount of tramadol consumed in the first 24 h was lower in Group E [median 0 mg, inter-quartile range (IQR) (0-140)], than in Group N [median 180 mg, IQR (150-240); P<0.01]. CONCLUSIONS: ESPB improved postoperative quality of recovery in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Moreover, ESPB reduced pain scores and cumulative opioid consumption. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: NCT04112394. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 British Journal of Anaesthesia. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Canitez, Ahmet AU - Canitez A AD - Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Abdulkadir Yuksel City Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey. FAU - Kozanhan, Betul AU - Kozanhan B AD - Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, University of Health Sciences, Konya Education and Research Hospital, Konya, Turkey. Electronic address: betulkozanhan@gmail.com. FAU - Aksoy, Nergis AU - Aksoy N AD - Department of General Surgery, University of Health Sciences, Konya Education and Research Hospital, Konya, Turkey. FAU - Yildiz, Munise AU - Yildiz M AD - Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, University of Health Sciences, Konya Education and Research Hospital, Konya, Turkey. FAU - Tutar, Mahmut S AU - Tutar MS AD - Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Konya Numune State Hospital, Konya, Turkey. LA - eng SI - ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT04112394 PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Randomized Controlled Trial DEP - 20210731 PL - England TA - Br J Anaesth JT - British journal of anaesthesia JID - 0372541 RN - 0 (Analgesics, Opioid) RN - 39J1LGJ30J (Tramadol) SB - IM CIN - Br J Anaesth. 2022 Mar;128(3):e225-e226. PMID: 34996590 MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - Analgesics, Opioid/*administration & dosage MH - Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic/*methods MH - Double-Blind Method MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Nerve Block/*methods MH - Pain Measurement MH - Pain, Postoperative/*prevention & control MH - Prospective Studies MH - Surveys and Questionnaires MH - Tramadol/administration & dosage MH - Young Adult OTO - NOTNLM OT - erector spinae plane block OT - laparoscopic cholecystectomy OT - multimodal analgesia OT - patient-reported outcome OT - postoperative pain OT - quality of recovery OT - surgery COIS- Declarations of interest The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest. EDAT- 2021/08/04 06:00 MHDA- 2021/11/16 06:00 CRDT- 2021/08/03 05:41 PHST- 2020/10/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/05/31 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/06/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/08/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/11/16 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/08/03 05:41 [entrez] AID - S0007-0912(21)00419-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bja.2021.06.030 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Br J Anaesth. 2021 Oct;127(4):629-635. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2021.06.030. Epub 2021 Jul 31.