Influences of Ultrasonic Image-Guided Erector Spinae Plane Block on Postoperative Pulmonary Air Content of Lung Carcinoma Patients Undergoing Thoracoscopic Surgery

• Published in: Computational and mathematical methods in medicine 2022-09, Vol.2022, p.1-11
• Main Authors: Xu, Xiuqing, Yang, Shengrong, Gao, Pei
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 1748-670X; 1748-6718
• DOI: 10.1155/2022/1301361

To investigate the influences of ultrasonic image-guided erector spinae plane block (ESPB) on postoperative pulmonary air content of lung carcinoma patients undergoing thoracoscopic surgery, 42 patients performed with thoracoscopic radical surgery for lung carcinoma were selected. The patients in the experimental group were performed with ultrasound-guided unilateral ESPB and intravenous general anesthesia. The patients in the control group only underwent intravenous anesthesia. The changes in postoperative pulmonary air content between the two groups were compared. After that, all included patients were divided into the experimental (senior) group (13 cases), the experimental (adult) group (8 cases), the control (senior) group (11 cases), and the control (adult) group (10 cases) according to age. The changes in postoperative pulmonary air content of patients in the four groups were compared. The results showed that lung ultrasound score (LUS) of patients in experimental group was 6.4±3.2 points 0.5 hour after catheter extraction and LUS was 4.1±2.3 points 20 to 30 hours. Both scores were remarkably lower than those of patients in control group (P