• Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim · Oct 2019

    Case Reports

    The erector spinae plane block (ESPB) in the management of chronic thoracic pain. Correlation of pain/analgesia areas and long term effect of the treatment in three cases.

    • P Kot Baixauli, P Rodriguez Gimillo, J Baldo Gosalvez, and J De Andrés Ibáñez.
    • Servicio de Anestesia, Reanimación y Tratamiento del Dolor, Consorcio Hospital General Universitario de Valencia. Avenida Tres Cruces, 2, 46014 Valencia, España. Electronic address: pablo_kot@hotmail.com.
    • Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim. 2019 Oct 1; 66 (8): 443-446.

    AbstractThe erector spinae plane block (ESPB) is a technique that is used both as perioperative analgesia and in the management of chronic pain. This has been described recently and is being a resource increasingly used for its easy implementation and low rate of complications. However, the correlation between pain and analgesia, as well as its long-term effect on chronic pain, should be studied. We present a series of 3 cases in which the effectiveness of the ESPB in patients with chronic chest pain was evaluated. The block was performed in all cases by depositing 20ml of 0.2% Ropivacaine in the fascial plane of the erector spinae muscle. The pain was measured using a numerical scale prior to the block, at 30minutes and a month. The areas were marked on the skin with different colours for comparison.Copyright © 2019 Sociedad Española de Anestesiología, Reanimación y Terapéutica del Dolor. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.

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