Caesarean Section 2020

PROSPECT guideline for elective caesarean section: Update 2023

• The PROSPECT Working Group performed an updated literature search for elective caesarean section, for the period between 15 October 2020 and 12 February 2023, which identified thirty-six RCTs and seven meta-analyses that met the inclusion criteria.
• Following critical analysis of the studies, most recommendations for the management of post-caesarean section pain from the 2021 publication remain unaltered. However, there is new evidence of note on dexamethasone, wound infiltration, ilio-inguinal-iliohypogastric block, and erector spinae plane block.
• Further details and findings from the literature update 2023 are published in: PROSPECT guideline for elective caesarean section: an update. Roofthooft E, Joshi GP, Rawal N, Van de Velde M, on behalf of the PROSPECT Working Group of the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy. Anaesthesia 2023 Apr 27. doi: 10.1111/anae.16034. Online ahead of print.