Are single-injection erector spinae plane block and multiple-injection costotransverse block equivalent to thoracic paravertebral block?

Martin Vedel NielsenBernhard MorigglRomed HoermannThomas D NielsenThomas Fichtner BendtsenJens Børglum

Published in: Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (2019)

Consistent spread of dye into the TPVS colouring the ventral rami, the communicating rami, and the sympathetic trunk was observed with MICB; in this respect equivalent to TPVB. ESPB exhibited only partial success and was not equivalent to TPVB. No epidural spread was found with neither MICB nor ESPB.

Keyphrases

ultrasound guided
spinal cord
pain management
spinal cord injury
highly efficient
prefrontal cortex
chronic pain
postoperative pain