Author (year) | Intervention | Control | Pain after block placement (VAS) | Additional analgesic usage (mg iv. morphine equivalents) | |||
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 |  |  | Time of measurement | US-PNB | Control | US-PNB | Control |
Beaudoin [15] (2013)a | US single shot FNB with 25 ml bupivacaine 5 mg.ml-1 | iv. morphine | Baseline 15 min 1 h 2 h 4 h | 7.19 (1.4) 4.16 (1.53) 3.43 (1.32) 3.63 (1.87) 4.28 (1.61) | 7.97 (3.01) 7.17 (2.55) 7.48 (2.46) 7.1 (2.63) 7.99 (3.01) | 0.0 (2.0 – 6.0), median (range) | 5.0 (2.0 – 21.0), median (range) |
Dickman [18] (2010) | US single shot FNB with 30 ml 0.25% bupivacaine | iv. 0.1 mg.kg-1 morphine sulphate | Baseline 30 min 1 h 2 h 4 h 8 h | 5.17 (3.29) 1.94 (2.43) 2.58 (3.06) 2.65 (2.49) 3.15 (2.70) 3.20 (2.28) | 6.98 (1.87) 5.13 (2.70) 4.40 (2.92) 4.00 (2.98) 4.83 (2.58) 3.74 (2.89) | - | - |
US single shot FICB with 30 ml 0.25% bupivacaine | Baseline 30 min 1 h 2 h 4 h 8 h | 5.50 (3.99) 2.05 (2.61) 1.90 (2.38) 1.30 (1.89) 1.72 (1.98) 2.35 (3.07) | 6.98 (1.87) 5.13 (2.70) 4.40 (2.92) 4.00 (2.98) 4.83 (2.58) 3.74 (2.89) | ||||
Hao [19] (2019) | US continuous FICB with 30 ml 0.45% ropivacaine | 0.05 mg im. fentanyl at VAS ≥ 5 | Baseline 2 h 4 h | 7.81 (0.79) 2.74 (0.73) 2.23 (0.43) | 8.07 (0.64) 4.19 (0.40) 3.67 (0.34) | 4 (10.5) | 14 (6.5) |
Jang [20] (2018)a | US single shot FNB with 0.3 ml.kg-1 up to 20 ml 0.5% bupivacaine | iv. tramadol | Baseline 4 h 24 h 48 h | 7.1 (0.79) 3.62 (0.67) 4.5 (0.63) 5.11 (0.73) | 6.8 (0.81) 7.06 (0.57) 5.75 (0.67) 5.18 (0.6) | 1.25 (0.912) | 5.37 (3.77) |
Luger [21] (2012)a | US continuous FNB with 30 ml 0.25% bupivacaine | iv. piritramide and PCM | During rest | Â | Â | 0.56 (1.8) | 2.55 (3.83) |
Baseline 1 h 12 h | 6.66 (1.15) 0.56 (0.27) 0.21 (0.19) | 6.34 (1.2) 4.47 (1.74) 1.31 (0.64) | |||||
During movement | Â | Â | |||||
Baseline 1 h 12 h | 8.64 (0.57) 2.45 (0.66) 2.11 (0.92) | 8.74 (0.54) 6.19 (1.13) 4.04 (1.25) | |||||
Ma [22] (2019)a | US continuous FICB with 50 ml 0.4% ropivacaine | po. tramadol (50 mg) and PCM (500 mg) | During rest | Â | Â | - | - |
Baseline 1 h | 4.27 (0.96) 2.13 (0.69) | 4.58 (1.09) 2.32 (0.8) | |||||
Passive movement | Â | Â | |||||
Baseline 1 h | 7.16 (1.18) 3.33 (0.89) | 7.12 (1.3) 4.85 (1.07) | |||||
Morrison [23] (2016) | US single shot FNB with 20 ml 0.5% bupivacaine | po. and iv. standard care (opioids and PCM) | 1 h 2 h | 3.7 (3.1) 3.5 (3.1) | 5.3 (3.2) 5.3 (3.2) | - | - |
Uysal [28] (2020) | Dual-guided continuous FNB with 10 ml 0.25% bupivacaine | iv. 15 mg.kg-1 PCM (0.5 mg.kg-1 tramadol as rescue) | 4 h | 3.32 (0.92) | 4.47 (1.06) | - | - |