Efficacy of erector spine plane block in two different approaches to lumbar spinal fusion surgery: a retrospective pilot study
Jānis Verners Birnbaums,
Agnese Ozoliņa,
Leonids Solovjovs
et al.
Abstract:BackgroundErector spine plane block (ESPB) has been widely used in spinal surgery, although there are variable data about its efficacy.ObjectivesThis study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of ESPB in elective lumbar spinal fusion surgery patients with two different surgical approaches.Materials and methodsRetrospectively, 45 elective lumbar transpedicular fusion (TPF) surgery patients undergoing open surgery with different approaches [posterior transforaminal fusion approach (TLIF) or combined posterior and ante… Show more
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