The analgesic efficacy of erector spinae plane block for percutaneous nephrolithotomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Lin Yang, Hongmei Yang, Fan Zhang, Yu Zhou, Yalan Lv, Changjian Zheng · 2025
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Lin Yang and co-authors pool trials of a back nerve block for kidney stone surgery pain in a review from 2025. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy removes stones through a small back incision. It hurts afterward, and opioids carry their own costs. The erector spinae plane block numbs the back muscles' plane with local anesthetic.
Nine randomized trials entered the meta-analysis. Patients with the block used far less opioid in the first day. Pain scores ran lower across the full twenty-four hours. The first rescue dose came about fifty minutes later on average. Evidence grading tools rated the certainty of each claim. A single injection, it seems, buys a gentler first day after stone surgery.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Lin Yang, Hongmei Yang, Fan Zhang, Yu Zhou, Yalan Lv, Changjian Zheng |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 27 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |