Open AccessPost-operative analgesia for shoulder arthroscopic surgeries: A comparison between inter-scalene block and shoulder block
Author(s) -
Nibedita Pani,
Sidharth Sraban Routray,
Soveena Pani,
Soumyakanta Mallik,
Santiswaroop Pattnaik,
Amit Kumar Pradhan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/ija.ija_65_19
Subject(s) - medicine , visual analogue scale , shoulder surgery , analgesic , anesthesia , axillary nerve , patient satisfaction , nerve block , surgery , block (permutation group theory) , brachial plexus , geometry , mathematics
Shoulder arthroscopic surgeries can produce intense post-operative pain. Inter-scalene block (ISB) provides good analgesia after shoulder surgery, but concerns over its associated risks have prompted the search for alternatives. Shoulder block (SHB), which includes suprascapular block along with axillary nerve (AN) block, was recently proposed as an alternative to ISB, but evidence of its efficacy is conflicting. The aim of our study was to compare SHB with ISB in shoulder surgery for post-operative analgesia.