The Effect of Erector Spinae Block versus Serratus Plane Block on Pain Scores and Diaphragmatic Excursion in Multiple Rib Fractures. A Prospective Randomized Trial

• Published in: Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 448 - 455
• Main Authors: El Malla, Dina Ahmed, Helal, Rehab Abd El fattah, Zidan, Tamer Atef Mohamed, El Mourad, Mona Blough
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 02.03.2022
• Subjects: Adult; Adverse events; Analgesia; Analgesics; Bupivacaine; Care and treatment; Causes of; Chest; Clinical significance; Clinical trials; Comparative analysis; Complications and side effects; Corticosteroids; Dexamethasone; Diaphragm; Fractures; Humans; Injuries; Methods; Nerve block; Nerve Block - adverse effects; Pain; Pain perception; Pain, Postoperative - diagnosis; Paraspinal Muscles; Patient outcomes; Patients; Prospective Studies; Rib cage; Rib Fractures - complications; Ribs; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonography, Interventional - adverse effects; Ultrasound; Ultrasound imaging; Egypt; Analgesia; Interventional; Pain Management; Nerve Block; Ribs; Ultrasonography
• ISSN: 1526-2375; 1526-4637; 1526-4637
• DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnab214

Abstract Objectives We aimed to investigate whether ultrasound guided erector spinae plane block and serratus anterior plane block would provide effective and safe analgesia in patients with fracture ribs, and to detect their effects on diaphragmatic excursion in such cases. Design Prospective doubl...