Regional analgesia techniques for video-assisted thoracic surgery: a frequentist network meta-analysis

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On the road to make KJA’s review process robust, transparent, and credible: retracted study in systematic review

“…Following acceptance of the SRMA [ 6 ], a manuscript editor evaluating the proof found that one [ 5 ] of the included studies had been retracted for containing too many flaws to be corrected on September 9, 2021. The SRMA protocol was registered with the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO) on April 29, 2021 (registration number: CRD42021252062), and a literature search was conducted in May 2021 on papers published between January 2000 and January 2021.…”

“…Given the ambiguous timing, several rounds of editorial discussions were necessary to thoroughly consider the options regarding how to proceed. The KJA editorial board made a concerted effort to perform peer review and editorial assessment in a robust, transparent, and credible manner regarding this disputed SRMA [ 6 ].…”

Current evidence of ultrasound guided fascial plane blocks for cardiac surgery: a narrative literature review

“…The mechanism that mediates the coverage of the chest wall (other than back) of the ESP block appears to be due to the spreading of local anesthetics close to the paravertebral space where the dorsal and ventral rami of the spinal nerve diverge. Although there is a bunch of evidence showing the analgesic effect of ESP block in various types of surgery including breast, thoracic, and abdominal surgery, its use in cardiac surgery is still limited [35][36][37][38][39]. ESP block has some advantages in terms of safety and technical ease over thoracic paravertebral or epidural blocks which have risks such as hematoma, neural injury, or pneumothorax and are technically challenging.…”

“…5B). Although it has shown significant analgesic effects in thoracoscopic surgery, its analgesic effect seems smaller than that of paravertebral or ESP blocks [38]. Gautam et al [64], the only RCT that used SPB in cardiac surgery searched so far, evaluated the role of continuous deep-SAP block for postoperative pain relief in patients undergoing MIDCAB surgery via left anterior thoracotomy.…”

Single ultrasound-guided thoracic paravertebral block with a large volume of anesthetic for microwave ablation of lung tumors

“…Since Hara et al. reported ultrasound-guided thoracic paravertebral nerve block (TPVB) in 2007 ( 8 ), it has been widely used in thoracic surgery such as in thoracoscopic lung surgery ( 9 ), breast surgery ( 10 ), rib surgery, and mediastinal surgery and thoracotomies. TPVB has a good analgesic effect in these surgeries.…”