To evaluate the analgesic effectiveness of bilateral erector spinae plane block versus thoracic epidural analgesia in open cardiac surgeries approached through midline sternotomy.
Hilal Ahmad BhatTalib KhanArun PuriJatin NarulaAltaf Hussain MirShaqul Qamar WaniHakeem Zubair AshrafSuhail SidiqSaima KabirPublished in: Journal of anesthesia, analgesia and critical care (2024)
The ESP block has been found to have optimal analgesic effects during open cardiac surgery, resulting in a decreased need for additional analgesic doses and eliminating the possibility of a coagulation emergency. Consequently, it presents itself as a safer alternative to the potentially invasive thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA).
Keyphrases
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- chronic pain
- emergency department
- randomized controlled trial
- acute kidney injury
- public health
- systematic review
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- postoperative pain
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