Erector spinae plane block for postoperative analgesia. Caution: Meta-analysis results do not equal science fact

Duncan L Hamilton^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK.
² School of Medicine, University of Sunderland, Sunderland, UK.

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Duncan L Hamilton. Pain Pract. 2021 Nov.

. 2021 Nov;21(8):1003.

doi: 10.1111/papr.13058. Epub 2021 Jul 21.

Duncan L Hamilton^{1

2}

¹ Department of Anaesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK.
² School of Medicine, University of Sunderland, Sunderland, UK.

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Bilateral Erector Spinae Plane Block for Postoperative Analgesia in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
Daghmouri MA, Akremi S, Chaouch MA, Mesbahi M, Amouri N, Jaoua H, Ben Fadhel K. Daghmouri MA, et al. Pain Pract. 2021 Mar;21(3):357-365. doi: 10.1111/papr.12953. Epub 2020 Oct 25. Pain Pract. 2021. PMID: 32979028

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