Effectiveness of Ultrasound-Guided Erector Spinae Plane Block for Postoperative Pain Control in Open Knee Surgeries

Launched by CAIRO UNIVERSITY · Aug 18, 2024

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Postoperative pain is a major concern after knee surgeries. It is severe in 60% of patients and moderate in 30%. When inadequately treated, it intensifies reflex responses, which leads to cause serious complications, such as cardiovascular, pulmonary or urinary problems, thromboembolism, increased oxygen consumption, hyperdynamic circulation and hinders early physical therapy. Generally it has been assumed that adequate postoperative pain relief may reduce these complications, and improve general postoperative outcome.

In the last decade Improvements in pain management techniques have had ...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • • Patients aged from 18 to 60 years old.
• • Genders eligible for study: both sexes.
• • ASA I-II.
• • Undergo knee surgery.
• • BMI from 18 to 35 kg/m2.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • • Patient refusal.
• • Patients with difficulty in evaluating their level of pain.
• • Contraindications to regional anesthesia (Bleeding disorders e.g. INR\>1.5, PC\<70%, platelet count\<100 × 109, Use of any anti-coagulants, local infection, etc.).
• • Known allergy to local anesthetics.