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Quadratus Lumborum Block Reduces Postoperative Opioid Consumption and Decreases Persistent Postoperative Pain Severity in Patients Undergoing Both Open and Laparoscopic Nephrectomies—A Randomized Controlled Trial

Bułat TuyakovMansur Rahnama-hezavahPiotr GałkinTomasz CzarnikMirosław CzuczwarPatrycja SzajowskaMarcin MieszkowskiMichał BorysGrzegorz WitaMariusz JednakiewiczPaweł Piwowarczyk

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Visual analogue scalemedicine.medical_treatmentArticlelaw.inventionpatient-controlled analgesianeuropathic pain symptom inventoryRandomized controlled trialInterquartile rangelawnephrectomymedicinenephrectomy; neuropathic pain symptom inventory; patient-controlled analgesia; quadratus lumborum block; persistent postoperative painpersistent postoperative painRopivacainebusiness.industryPatient-controlled analgesiaallergologyRquadratus lumborum blockGeneral MedicineNephrectomyAnesthesiaNeuropathic painMedicinebusinessOxycodonemedicine.drug

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Background: New regional techniques can improve pain management after nephrectomy. Methods: This study was a randomized controlled trial conducted at two teaching hospitals. Patients undergoing elective open and laparoscopic nephrectomy were eligible to participate in the trial. A total of 100 patients were divided into a quadratus lumborum block (QLB) group (50 patients) and a control (CON) group (50 patients). At the end of surgery, but while still under general anesthesia, unilateral QLB with ropivacaine was performed on the side of nephrectomy for patients in the QLB group. The main measured outcome of this study was oxycodone consumption via a patient-controlled anesthesia (PCA) pump during the first 24 h following surgery

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2021-05-20Journal of Clinical Medicine
10.3390/jcm10163590https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/16/3590/htm