Key result
Combined lumbar erector spinae plane and femoral nerve block was described for open femoral artery pseudoaneurysm repair, though no quantitative clinical outcomes were reported in the abstract.
Case Report
ESP block may aid acute pain management in cardiothoracic procedures; leaves open efficacy and safety in larger trials.
The erector spinae plane (ESP) block is a loco-regional anesthesia/analgesia technique that involves an ultrasound-guided injection of a relatively large volume of local anesthetic (LA) into the fascial plane between the erector spinae muscle and the tips of the transverse processes, first described in 2016 by Forero et al. to address neuropathic pain in the thoracic region following a herpes infection (1) The procedure is successfully used both chronic neuropathic pain syndromes (2) and acute postoperative pain management in cardiac surgery (3), thoracic surgery (4,5,6,7), breast surgery (8,9,10), abdominal surgery (11,12) (such as laparoscopic cholecystectomy) (13), cesarean section, major open abdominal surgery (14)), bariatric surgery (15), and orthopedic surgery (16).
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Bottazzo et al. (2025) conducted a case report in Open femoral artery pseudoaneurysm. Combined Lumbar Erector Spinae Plane and Femoral Nerve Block was evaluated. Combined lumbar erector spinae plane and femoral nerve block was described for open femoral artery pseudoaneurysm repair, though no quantitative clinical outcomes were reported in the abstract.
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