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Erector spinae plane block for postoperative pain.

Alexander Schnabel1, Stephanie Weibel2, Esther Pogatzki-Zahn1

  • 1Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany.

The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
|October 9, 2023
PubMed
Summary

The erector spinae plane block (ESPB) likely offers minimal benefit for postoperative pain compared to no block, with few adverse events. Further research is needed to explore its analgesic duration and efficacy against other regional anesthesia techniques.

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