Letter to the editor regarding "Efficacy of erector spinae plane block for minimally invasive mitral valve surgery: Results of a double-blind, prospective randomized placebo-controlled trial"

• Published in: Journal of clinical anesthesia 2024-02, Vol.92, p.111313-111313, Article 111313
• Main Authors: Xue, Fu-Shan, Cheng, Yi, Yuan, Yu-Jing
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Analgesics; Analgesics, Opioid; Clinical trials; Conflicts of interest; Heart surgery; Humans; Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures - methods; Mitral Valve - surgery; Narcotics; Nerve Block - methods; Pain; Pain, Postoperative - etiology; Pain, Postoperative - prevention & control; Paraspinal Muscles - diagnostic imaging; Prospective Studies; Recovery (Medical); Ultrasonography, Interventional - methods
• ISSN: 0952-8180; 1873-4529
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2023.111313

[1] showed that the addition of erector spinae plane block (ESPB) to a standard multimodal analgesic strategy in the first postoperative 24 h did not provide any benefit in term of opioid consumptions and pain control. [...]other than the patient-controlled intravenous analgesia with morphine and dexamethasone 5 mg twice daily, postoperative multimodal analgesic strategy of this study also included acetaminophen 15 mg/kg every 6 h and repeated ESPB with 20 ml of ropivacaine 0.5% every 6 h after the first dose. All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.Declaration of Competing Interest All authors seriously state that none has conflict of interest for this work, including employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, and patent applications/registrations.