Meta Analysis
Year: 2022 | Month: July-September | Volume: 7 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 384-388
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijshr.20220752
Suprascapular Nerve Block for Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery: Meta-Analysis Approach for Measuring Patient Satisfaction
Dr Bipin Gupta1, Dr Vikas Gupta2
1,2Kings College Hospital London, Dubai
Corresponding Author: Dr Bipin Gupta
ABSTRACT
A variety of peripheral nerve block methods are used in the clinic to enhance the effect of postoperative analgesia. In recent years, an increasing number of surgeons have considered the efficacy and safety of suprascapular nerve block (SSNB) combined with axillary nerve block (ANB) for controlling perioperative pain in shoulder arthroscopy. Shoulder pain is a frequent complaint that results in great functional disability in the affected shoulder as well as the decrease in patients’ quality of life. Suprascapular nerve block is an effective therapeutic method and has been increasingly used by anesthesiologists both for regional anesthesia and postoperative analgesia of surgeries carried out. Compared with SSNB alone, SSNB + ANB has better advantages regarding patient satisfaction within 24 h after surgery.
Keywords: Suprascapular nerve block, SSNB, arthroscopic shoulder surgery, shoulder arthroscopy