Letter to the Editor regarding, "Clinical efficacy of ultrasound guided bilateral erector spinae block for single-level lumbar fusion surgery: a prospective, randomized, case-control study"

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By a prospective, randomized, case-control study with 100 consecutive patients undergoing single-level lumbar spinal fusion procedure, Goel et al [ [1] Goel VK Chandramohan M Murugan C Shetty AP Subramanian B Kanna RM et al. Clinical efficacy of ultrasound guided bilateral erector spinae block for single-level lumbar fusion surgery: a prospective, randomized, case-control study. Spine J. 2021; 21: 1873-1880 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF Scopus (10) Google Scholar ]. assessed postoperative analgesic efficacy of ultrasound-guided bilateral erector spinae plane block (ESPB) by comparing with conventional multimodal analgesia regimen. They showed that the bilateral ESPB was an excellent component of multimodal analgesia, with reduced total opioid consumption, improved postoperative pain control and increased patient satisfaction. However, there are several issues in the design and results of this study on which we would like to invite the authors to comment. Reply to Letter to the Editor regarding, “Clinical efficacy of ultrasound guided bilateral erector spinae block for single level lumbar fusion surgery: a prospective, randomized, case-control study.”The Spine JournalVol. 22Issue 5PreviewThank you for giving us the opportunity to respond to the questions posed by Lin et al. regarding our manuscript, “Clinical efficacy of ultrasound guided bilateral erector spinae block for single level lumbar fusion surgery: A prospective, randomized, case-control study.” We considered the comments carefully and hope that our responses are adequate. Our point-by-point replies to the queries are given below. Full-Text PDF