Sacral erector spinae block: A new era for postoperative analgesia—a narrative review

Erector spinae muscle extends throughout the cervical, thoracic, lumbar and sacral regions. Sacral erector spinae block is performed by depositing the local anaesthetic in the fascial plane deep to erector spinae muscle at sacral level. Local anaesthetic gets distributed in craniocaudal fascial plan...

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Published in:	Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology
Main Authors:	Teena Bansal, Suresh Singhal
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2025-07-01
Subjects:	analgesia erector spinae muscle local anesthetic sacral
Online Access:	https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/joacp.joacp_256_24

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