Open AccessEvaluation of ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block and oblique subcostal transversus abdominis plane block in laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Randomized, controlled, prospective study
Author(s) -
Serkan Tulgar,
Mahmut Sertan Kapaklı,
Halil Cihan Köse,
Özgür Şentürk,
Onur Selvi,
Talat Ercan Şerifsoy,
David Terence Thomas,
Zeliha Özer
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
al-banǧ. maqālāt wa abḥāṯ fī al-taẖdīr wa-al-in’āš
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0259-1162
DOI - 10.4103/aer.aer_194_18
Subject(s) - medicine , analgesic , anesthesia , tramadol , randomized controlled trial , repeated measures design , mann–whitney u test , nerve block , exact test , surgery , mathematics , statistics
Oblique subcostal transversus abdominis plane block (OSTAP) is a recently described regional anesthetic technique used in upper abdominal surgeries such as laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). Erector spinae plane block (ESPB) has also been reported for postoperative analgesia in LC.