Research Article: Twelfth thoracic vertebra erector spinae plane block for postoperative analgesia and early recovery after lumbar spine surgery in elderly patients: a single-blind randomized controlled trial
Abstract:
Severe pain after lumbar spine surgery can delay recovery in elderly patients. We explored the efficacy of T12 erector spinal plane block (ESPB) in elderly patients who underwent lumbar spine surgery.
Introduction:
As the population ages, more older people are undergoing lumbar spine surgery. Posterior lumbar spine surgery is usually an open procedure that results in considerable postoperative pain due to paraspinal muscle dissection and disc removal. In a comprehensive analysis of 179 postoperative pain types, spinal surgery pain ranked second after open calcaneal surgery [1]. Postoperative pain, as a result of lumbar spine surgery, commonly lasts more than three days, with the most severe pain occurring in the first four…
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