Table 1 Details of included studies
Study | Location | Surgical procedure | Anesthetic agent for TLIP | Control group | PCA | Groups | Sample size | Mean age | Male gender (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ahiskalioglu [17] | Turkey | Posterior lumbar instrumentation surgery | 20 mL 0.25% bupivacaine | Sham block | Fentanyl | Study Control | 20 20 | NR | NR |
Ammar [18] | Egypt | Herniated lumbar disc surgery | 20 ml mixture of 0.25% bupivacaine and 1% lidocaine | No block | Morphine | Study Control | 35 35 | 42 43.5 | 60 65.7 |
Guo [19] | China | Posterior lumbar spine fusion | 20 mL 0.5% ropivacaine | No block | Sufentanil | Study Control | 20 20 | 58 58 | 30 35 |
Chen [20] | China | Lumbar spine fusion surgery | 20 mL 0.25% bupivacaine | Sham block | Sufentanil | Study Control | 30 30 | 58.6 53.9 | 26.7 25 |
Cheng [21] | China | Internal fixation | 20 ml of 0.375% ropivacaine | No block | Sufentanil | Study Control | 24 24 | 56.2 56 | 50 50 |
Ince [22] | Turkey | Single-level lumbar discectomy | 20 mL 0.25% bupivacaine | Wound infiltration | Fentanyl | Study Control | 20 20 | 48.5 44.8 | 55 50 |
Li [23] | China | Posterior lumbar fusion and internal fixation | 20 ml of 0.375% ropivacaine | No block | Sufentanil | Study Control | 25 25 | 49.4 49.5 | 48 40 |
Ozmen [24] | Turkey | Single-level lumbar discectomy | 20 mL 0.25% bupivacaine | Sham block | Fentanyl | Study Control | 40 40 | 48.9 44.6 | 52.5 55 |
Shi [25] | China | Lumbar spine surgery | 20 mL 0.25% ropivacaine | No block | Sufentanil | Study Control | 37 37 | 44 43.1 | 59.5 62.1 |
Yu [26] | China | Lumbar spine fusion surgery | 20 mL 0.5% ropivacaine | No block | Sufentanil | Study Control | 49 24 | 58 58 | 42.8 41.7 |
Ekinci [27] | Turkey | Single-level lumbar discectomy | 20 mL 0.25% bupivacaine | Wound infiltration | Fentanyl | Study Control | 30 30 | 46.9 47.9 | 43.3 53.3 |
Cifti [28] | Turkey | Lumbar discectomy | 20 mL 0.25% bupivacaine | No block | Fentanyl | Study Control | 30 30 | 45.9 44.1 | 53.3 50 |
Ni [29] | China | Lumbar spine fusion surgery | 20 ml of 0.375% ropivacaine | No block | Sufentanil | Study Control | 67 67 | 51 54 | 56.7 50.7 |
Bicak [12] | Turkey | Lumbar disc surgery | 20 mL 0.25% bupivacaine | Wound infiltration | Tramadol | Study Control | 21 21 | 43.2 48.6 | 61.9 52.3 |
Eltaher [13] | Egypt | Lumbar spine surgery | 20 mL 0.25% bupivacaine | Sham block | Morphine | Study Control | 30 30 | NR | NR |
Wang [30] | China | Lumbar spine fusion surgery | 30 ml of 0.375% ropivacaine | No block | Sufentanil and flurbiprofen | Study Control | 102 102 | 52.7 55.7 | 58 50 |
Pavithran [11] | India | Posterior lumbar spine fusion | 25 ml of a mixture of 40 ml of 0.375% ropivacaine, 10 ml of 2% lignocaine and 4 mg dexamethasone | Wound infiltration | Tramadol | Study Control | 35 35 | 53.2 51.2 | 55.6 28.6 |