Comparison of Postoperative Opioid Use and Functional Outcome in Ultrasound-guided ESP Block vs. Local Infiltration in Lumbar Fusion Surgery
Ultrasound-guided ESPB provides superior pain control, reduces opioid consumption, and effectively suppresses the inflammatory response than LWI following lumbar fusion surgeries while facilitating early mobilization, proving to be effective in multimodal pain management.
Authors
- Pankaj Kandwal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8801-6909)
- Ayushi Vashisht (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3458-5329)
- Saptarshi Barman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6083-5446)
- Aman Verma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2400-1086)
- P Talwar
- Raja Bhaskar Venkata SriMadhusudan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4843-2218)
Institutions
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences Rishikesh (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication
- Published
- 2025-10-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/bsd.0000000000001958
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Anesthesia and Pain Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01