Ultrasound-guided Erector Spinae Plane Block (US-ESPB)-Anesthetic block: Case report

Antonio Coviello, Maria Vargas, Gaetano Castellano, Alfredo Maresca, Giuseppe Servillo, Antonio Coviello, Maria Vargas, Gaetano Castellano, Alfredo Maresca, Giuseppe Servillo

Abstract

The Ultrasound-guided Erector Spinae Plane Block (US-ESPB), used as an anesthesiological block, could represent a safe and effective alternative for thoracic wall surgery especially in fragile, obese patients and those with respiratory and/or hemodynamic problems.

Keywords: ESP anesthesia; ESP ‐ Erector Spinae Plane; US‐ESPB ‐ erector spinae block; thoracic wall surgery.

Conflict of interest statement

None declared.

© 2020 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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FIGURE 1
Image from the procedure: a 22‐gauge 50‐mm block needle was inserted in plane, with a cephalad‐to‐caudad direction. ESM, erector spinae muscle; RMM, rhomboid major muscle; TM, trapezius muscle; TP, transverse process

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