Open AccessIs Supraclavicular Block as Good as Interscalene Block for Acute Pain Control Following Shoulder Surgery? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Nasir Hussain,
I. Costache,
Nicolas Kumar,
Michael Essandoh,
Tristan Weaver,
Patrick Wong,
Sarah Tierney,
Peter D. Rose,
Colin J. L. McCartney,
Faraj W. Abdallah
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0000000000004692
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , anesthesia , confidence interval , analgesic , morphine , shoulder surgery , opioid , surgery , receptor
Interscalene block (ISB) is the acute pain management technique of choice for shoulder surgery, but its undesirable respiratory side effects have prompted seeking alternatives. Supraclavicular block (SCB) is proposed as an ISB alternative, but evidence of comparative analgesic and respiratory-sparing effects is inconsistent. We compared the analgesic and respiratory effects of SCB and ISB for shoulder surgery.