09 September 2025 : Original article
Postoperative Analgesic Effects of Anterior Quadratus Lumborum Block vs Intravenous Analgesics Administered to Donors and Recipients in Renal Transplantation Surgery: A Prospective Cohort Study
Fatma Acil
ABDEF 1*, Andaç Dedeoğlu B 1, Ali İhsan Yürekli DF 1, Hülya Tosun Söner CD 1, Osman Uzundere BC 1, Ramazan Danış D 2, Nurettin Ay B 3, Cem Kıvılcım Kaçar DE 1, Erhan Gökçek EF 1, Sedat Kaya DEF 1
DOI: 10.12659/AOT.949037
Ann Transplant 2025; 30:e949037
Table 5 Comparison of groups according to sedation-agitation and patient satisfaction score.
| Donor | Recipient | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group QLB | Group IVA | Group QLB | Group IVA | Donor | Recipient | |
| RSAS score | ||||||
| Unarousable | 0 (0) | 1 (2.1) | 1 (2.1) | 0 (0) | ||
| Very sedated | 4 (8.5) | 0 (0) | 10 (21.3) | 0 (0) | ||
| Calm and cooperative | 17 (36.2) | 5 (10.6) | 11 (23.4) | 0 (0) | <0.001* | <0.001* |
| Agited | 1 (2.1) | 9 (19.1) | 0 (0) | 9 (19.1) | ||
| Very agited | 0 (0) | 8 (17.0) | 0 (0) | 11 (23.4) | ||
| Dangerous agitation | 0 (0) | 3 (6.4) | 0 (0) | 5 (10.6) | ||
| Total (n/%) | 22 (46.8) | 25 (53.2) | 22 (46.8) | 25 (53.2) | ||
| Patient satisfaction score | ||||||
| Very satisfied | 4 (8.5) | 0 (0) | 6 (12.8) | 0 (0) | ||
| Satisfied | 12 (25.5) | 2 (4.3) | 10 (21.3) | 0 (0) | ||
| Neither satisfied/dissatisfied | 6 (12.8) | 19 (40.4) | 6 (12.8) | 10 (21.3) | <0.001* | <0.001* |
| Dissatisfied | 0 (0) | 4 (8.5) | 0 (0) | 13 (27.7) | ||
| Very dissatisfied | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (4.3) | ||
| Total (n/%) | 22 (46.8) | 25 (53.2) | 22 (46.8) | 25 (53.2)) | ||
| Data are presented as number and percentage. RSAS – Riker Agitation Sedation Scale; QLB – quadratus lumborum plane block; IVA – intravenous analgesic group. * Statistically significant. | ||||||