In this week's episode of the Spine & Nerve podcast, Dr. Nicolas Karvelas and Dr. Brian Joves discuss the erector spinae plane block. This is a science heavy chat about a procedure that first made its way into the chronic pain literature in 2016, which is brand new by medical standards!

Listen in as the docs give an introduction to this cutting edge procedure and tag about ways that it may be used in clinical practice.

In this discussion, the following papers are discussed:

1. Kot P, Rodriguez P, Granell M, et al. The erector spinae plane block: a narrative review. Korean J Anesthesiol. 2019;72(3):209–220.

2. Forero M, Adhikary SD, Lopez H, Tsui C, Chin KJ. The erector spinae plane block: a novel analgesic technique in thoracic neuropathic pain. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2016;41:621–7. 

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