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ReviewLocal and regional anesthesia2020

Anesthetic Techniques: Focus on Lumbar Erector Spinae Plane Block.

Serkan Tulgar, Muhammed Enes Aydin, Ali Ahiskalioglu, Alessandro De Cassai, Yavuz Gurkan

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Review in Local and regional anesthesia, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06477198 (Posterior Quadratus Lumborum Block vs Erector Spinae Plane Plane Block for Pain Management After Lumbar Spinal Surgery), which is not on this map. Cited by 40 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06477198 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

Posterior Quadratus Lumborum Block vs Erector Spinae Plane Plane Block for Pain Management After Lumbar Spinal Surgery

TypeinterventionalSponsorMedipol UniversityRan2024 to 2025Enrolled60ConditionsLumbar Disc HerniationArmsQLB, ESPB, Postoperative analgesia management
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Erector spinae plane block for postoperative analgesia in spine surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2021
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  6. Surgical vs ultrasound-guided lumbar erector spinae plane block for pain management following lumbar spinal fusion surgery.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2024
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  8. The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) levels following erector spinae plane block (ESPB) in posterior lumbar decompression: a randomized, controlled trial.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Serkan TulgarMaltepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Istanbul, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-1996-7505
Muhammed Enes AydinAtaturk University School of Medicine, Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Erzurum, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0001-8491-6566
Ali AhiskaliogluAtaturk University School of Medicine, Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Erzurum, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-8467-8171
Alessandro De CassaiAnaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital of Padua, Padua, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9773-1832
Yavuz GurkanKoc University, Faculty of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Istanbul, Turkey.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Defined in the last decade, erector spinae plane block (ESPB) is one of the more frequently used interfacial plans, and it has been the most discussed block among the recently defined techniques. Lumbar ESPB administered at lumbar levels is relatively novel and is a new horizon for regional anesthesia and pain practice. In this article, we aim to explain and introduce different approaches and explain the possible mechanism of action of lumbar ESPB. The objective of this review is to analyze the case reports, clinical and cadaveric studies about lumbar ESPB that have been published to date. We performed a search in "Pubmed" and "Google Scholar" database. After a selection of the relevant studies, 59 articles were found eligible and were included in this review. While we believe that lumbar ESPB is reliable and easy, we suggest that its efficacy and indications should be verified with anatomical and clinical studies, and its safety should be confirmed with pharmacokinetic studies. Moreover, the possibility of complications must be considered.

Indexed as

interfascial plane blockslumbar erector spinae blockregional anesthesia

Identifiers

PMID33061562
PMCPMC7532310

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