• Hongming Huang, Shiwu Wang, Rujun Lin, and Zhongrun He.
• Department of Anesthesiology, People's Hospital of Wanning, Hainan 571500, China.
• Int. J. Clin. Pract. 2022 Jan 1; 2022: 4741141.

ObjectiveTo investigate the effect of sufentanil for spinal analgesia during cesarean section.MethodEligible papers were systematically retrieved from PubMed, Embase, Ovid, and ScienceDirect. Two researchers independently extracted primary and secondary endpoints to compute relative risk and mean difference by using the random-effects model or the fixed-effects model, as appropriate. Publication bias was quantified and assessed using funnel plot and Egger's test.ResultA total of 8 publications with 503 pregnant women were included in this study for meta-analysis. Subarachnoid administration of sufentanil did not significantly reduce the onset time of sensory block and motor block. Nonetheless, subarachnoid administration of sufentanil significantly increased the incidence of postoperative skin pruritus (RR = 5.25, 95%CI: 1.90, 14.49, P < 0.001).ConclusionSubarachnoid administration of sufentanil has no significant difference in the combined effect value of shortening the onset time of sensory block and motor block, prolonging the onset time of local anesthesia and the incidence of some adverse reactions (such as postoperative nausea, vomiting, hypotension, and tremors). However, the incidence of skin pruritus was significantly increased, and the difference was statistically significant. Because of this, the drug still needs to be used with caution in combination with the actual situation in clinical use.Copyright © 2022 Hongming Huang et al.

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