Alessandro De Cassai, Nicolò Sella, Federico Geraldini, Serkan Tulgar, Ali Ahiskalioglu, Burhan Dost, Silvia Manfrin, Yunus Emre Karapinar, Greta Paganini, Muzeyyen Beldagli, Vittoria Luoni, Busra Burcu Kucuk Ordulu, Annalisa Boscolo, Paolo Navalesi
Background: Different regional anesthesia (RA) techniques have been described for laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC), with no agreement on their effectiveness compared to each other. Our objective was to evaluate the effect of RA techniques on patients undergoing LC using a network meta - analyses approach. Methods: We conducted a systematic review and network meta - analyses (PROSPERO: CRD42022307399). We searched PubMed, The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), Scopus and Web of Science (Science and Social Science Citation Index) using the following PICOS criteria: adult patients undergoing LC (P), Any RA single shot technique with injection of local anesthetics (I),placebo or no intervention (C), postoperative opioid consumption expressed as morphine milligram equivalents(MME) rest pain at postoperative 12 h and 24 h, postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV), length of stay (O); randomized controlled trials (S)...
November 8, 2022: Korean Journal of Anesthesiology