Open AccessUltrasound-Guided Erector Spinae Plane Block in Patients Undergoing Open Epigastric Hernia Repair: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Study
Author(s) -
Mohamed M. Abu Elyazed,
Shaimaa F Mostafa,
Mohamed Abdelghany,
Gehan M. Eid
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0000000000004071
Subject(s) - medicine , randomized controlled trial , surgery , ultrasound , erector spinae muscles , hernia , block (permutation group theory) , anesthesia , radiology , lumbar , geometry , mathematics
Hernia repair is associated with considerable postoperative pain. We studied the analgesic efficacy of bilateral ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block in patients undergoing open midline epigastric hernia repair (T6-T9).