Erector Spinae Block Effects on Post-Lobectomy Pain and Pulmonary Function

This retrospective cohort study includes 120 patients who underwent thoracoscopic lobectomy between January 2022 and December 2024. It compares outcomes for patients receiving ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block versus conventional analgesia, measuring visual analog scale pain scores, pulmonary function parameters, morphine consumption, and hospital stay.

Use Cases

• Analyze the correlation between visual analog scale pain scores and pulmonary function parameters like FEV1 and FVC across the cohort.
• Compare 24-hour morphine consumption and time to first analgesic request between the ESPB and control groups.
• Model the relationship between patient satisfaction scores and primary outcome measures such as pain scores and hospital stay duration.
• Assess complication rates and hospital stay length as secondary outcomes for the two treatment groups.

Strengths

• Study includes 120 patients, providing a basis for comparative analysis between two groups of 60.
• Data covers multiple time points for pain scores (1, 6, 12, 24h) and pulmonary function (postoperative days 1 and 3).
• Outcomes are clinically relevant, including primary measures like VAS and FEV1/FVC, and secondary measures like morphine consumption and satisfaction.

Limitations

• The dataset is small at 20.7 KB, indicating it is likely a summary or document, not the raw patient-level data.
• As a retrospective study from a single tertiary care center, findings may have limited generalizability.
• Specific column names and sample data are unavailable, limiting direct analytical use without further data extraction.

Provenance

Source

Lin Xu, via figshare.

Collection Method

Retrospective cohort study at a tertiary care center.

Time Range

January 2022 to December 2024.

Freshness

Data covers patients through December 2024 and was last updated on the platform in March 2026.