Incidence of chronic postsurgical pain after cardiac surgery and the effect of bilateral erector spinae plane block: a randomized controlled trial
The ESP block effectively reduced acute pain and opioid consumption; however, it had no significant effect on the incidence or severity of CPSP at 3 and 6 months.
Authors
- Alessandro De Cassai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9773-1832)
- Hesham Elsharkawy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0836-1404)
- Burhan Dost (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4562-1172)
- Deni̇z Karakaya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8122-4943)
- Cengiz Kaya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8350-6194)
- Sezgin Bilgin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3031-8488)
- Esra Turunç (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0159-7403)
- Mustafa Kemal Demirağ (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6545-0967)
- Elif Sarıkaya Özel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0835-513X)
Institutions
- MetroHealth (US)
- University of Padua (IT)
- Outcomes Research Consortium (US)
- Ondokuz Mayıs University (TR)
- MetroHealth Medical Center (US)
- Case Western Reserve University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine
- Published
- 2025-05-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2025-106591
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Anesthesia and Pain Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.03