The aim: To compare the efficiency of analgetic action of Ultrasound-guided FICB and prolonged EA as the components of perioperative multimodal analgesia in ERAS-structure in obese patients undergoing THR.
Materials and methods: The retrospective study included 80 patients with obesity, who underwent elective anterolateral THR under conditions of low-flow inhalation anesthesia with sevoflurane in combination with PEA (n1=38) or with FICB (n2=42). Primary endpoints: VAS pain level during the first postoperative day.
Results: Static and dynamic VAS pain scores were similar in both groups during the first 6 hours. Since the 8th postoperative hour, there was a statistically significant increase in both static and dynamic VAS pain scores in the FICB group. A significant difference in static and dynamic VAS pain scores was obtained with a trend toward an increase in the PEA group within 48 hours (p < 0.05).
Conclusions: USG- FICB is an effective, practically feasible, minimally invasive and safe regional method for eleclive anterior-lateral THR and can be an alternative to PEA in obese patients.
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