Postoperative Analgesic Efficacy of SPSIPB in Anterior Cervical Discectomy

Effects of the Serratus Posterior Superior Intercostal Plane Block on Postoperative Pain Levels and Analgesic Requirement in Patients Undergoing Cervical Disc Herniation Surgery

Anterior cervical discectomy is an operation performed for complaints of pain, numbness or loss of strength due to cervical disc disease. With this operation, pressure due to herniation on the upper neck area, spinal cord or nerve roots is relieved. It is performed by microscopic method from the front of the neck.

Nerve blocks reduces opioid consumption in the postoperative period by providing better pain control and therefore has advantages such as fewer side effects and less risk of pulmonary and cardiac complications.

In this study; it was aimed to compare the analgesic effectiveness of serratus posterior superior intercostal plane block and erector spinae plane block, and with the control group in the postoperative period in patients who underwent anterior cervical discectomy.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adult patients over 18 years of age who underwent percutaneous nephrolithotomy under general anesthesia and were I-II-III according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) risk classification were included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• patients who did not give consent,
• patients with coagulopathy,
• patients with signs of infection at the block application site,
• patients using anticoagulants,
• patients with known allergies to any of the study drugs,
• patients with unstable hemodynamics,
• patients who could not cooperate during postoperative pain assessment
• patients who wanted to withdraw from the study,
• patients with alcohol and drug addiction,
• patients with musculoskeletal abnormalitie