Why the study?
Do different pain management modalities (such as epidural or paravertebral analgesia) improve postoperative pain scores or reduce complications compared to systemic analgesia in patients following esophagectomy?
Population
891 patients following esophagectomy across 10 studies
Comparison
Different pain management modalities including… vs Comparisons between different pain management…
Design
Meta-analysis
Follow-up
48 hours
Authors
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/paravertebral blocks for post-esophagectomy pain.
Do different pain management modalities (such as epidural or paravertebral analgesia) improve postoperative pain scores or reduce complications compared to systemic analgesia in patients following esophagectomy?
This meta-analysis found no significant differences in postoperative pain scores or pulmonary complications between systemic and epidural or paravertebral analgesia after esophagectomy.
Visser et al. (2017) studied this question.
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