Efficacy and Safety Of Ultrasound Guided Erector Spinae Plane Block Compared To Sham Procedure in Adult Patients With Rib Fractures Presenting To The Emergency Department: A Randomized Control Trial.

Swetha RameshManu Ayyan SDurga Prasad RathDeepthy Melepurakkal Sadanandan

Published in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2023)

Ultrasound-guided ESPB resulted in significantly reduced pain intensity over the study period, reduced amount of rescue analgesia, and had no discernible difference in adverse events when compared with a sham.

Keyphrases

ultrasound guided
emergency department
fine needle aspiration
pain management
chronic pain
double blind
minimally invasive
high intensity
clinical trial
spinal cord injury
spinal cord