Erector spinae plane block versus paravertebral block in analgesic outcomes following breast surgery

Ahmed M Elewa; Mohammed Faisal; Folke Sjöberg; Mohamed E Abuelnaga

doi:10.1186/s12871-022-01950-9

Erector spinae plane block versus paravertebral block in analgesic outcomes following breast surgery

BMC Anesthesiol. 2023 Jan 11;23(1):19. doi: 10.1186/s12871-022-01950-9.

Authors

Ahmed M Elewa¹, Mohammed Faisal², Folke Sjöberg³, Mohamed E Abuelnaga⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesia and intensive care, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.
² Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University hospital, Egypt, General Surgery department, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.
³ Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV), The Burn Center Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden.
⁴ Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ard Elgameiat, P.O. Box:41522, Ismailia, Egypt. Mohamed_abuelnga@med.suez.edu.eg.

Abstract

This article represents the response to the inquiries adopted by Dr. Raghuraman M Sethuraman, M.D., regarding our recently published study which compared the erector spinae plane block (ESPB) versus paravertebral block (PVB) regarding postoperative analgesic consumption following breast surgeries (Elewa et al, BMC Anesthesiol 22: 1-9, 2022). We would like to introduce our appreciation and gratitude to the author for his interest in our work, despite being inaccurate in some of his comments.

Keywords: Erector spinae plane block; Modified radical mastectomy; Paravertebral block.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Analgesics
Breast Neoplasms*
Female
Humans
Mastectomy
Nerve Block*
Pain, Postoperative / drug therapy
Pain, Postoperative / prevention & control

Substances

Analgesics