Eric Mai, Joshua Zhang, Amy Z Lu, Patawut Bovonratwet, Eric Kim, Chad Z Simon, Cole Kwas, Myles Allen, Tomoyuki Asada, Nishtha Singh, Olivia Tuma, Kasra Araghi, Maximilian Korsun, Yeo Eun Kim, Annika Heuer, Avani Vaishnav, James Dowdell, Douglas S Wetmore, Sheeraz A Qureshi, Sravisht Iyer
STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective review of prospectively collected data. OBJECTIVE: To identify the risk factors associated with failure to respond to erector spinae plane (ESP) block following minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MI-TLIF). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: ESP block is an emerging opioid-sparing regional anesthetic that has been shown to reduce immediate postoperative pain and opioid demand following MI-TLIF-however, not all patients who receive ESP blocks perioperatively experience a reduction in immediate postoperative pain...
March 5, 2024: Spine