Erector Spinae Plane Block is Associated with Earlier Discontinuation of Opioids and Return-to-Work Following Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion
Our study demonstrated that ESP block administered prior to MI-TLIF may be associated with earlier return-to-work and discontinuation of opioids, while having limited impact on functional PROMs, MCID achievement rates, and GRC scores.
Authors
- Tomoyuki Asada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3470-5546)
- Patawut Bovonratwet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8012-932X)
- Evan Sheha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4339-6079)
- Sravisht Iyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8338-9757)
- James Dowdell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9852-4133)
- Douglas S. Wetmore
- William T. Doran
- Jung Mok
- Sheeraz A. Qureshi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7177-1756)
- Junho Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4853-4736)
- Cole Kwas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4156-522X)
- Joshua Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0023-6329)
- Chad Z. Simon
- Eric Mai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9565-6835)
- Eric Zhao
- Tejas Subramanian
Institutions
- Hospital for Special Surgery (US)
- Cornell University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Spine
- Published
- 2025-03-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/brs.0000000000005345
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Anesthesia and Pain Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01