Effect of Erector Spinae (ESP) Block on Opioid Reduction and Enhanced Recovery After Posterior Cervical Spine Surgery

Recruiting now · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Postoperative, Pain

In brief

Patients undergoing spine surgery frequently experience significant pain after surgery. This can limit patient activity and hinder rehabilitation. If inadequately treated, severe pain can result in emotional and psychological distress and ultimately impact long-term function, and increase the risk of developing pain that lasts longer than six months associated with depression, anxiety and disability. More specifically, Erector Spinae Plane (ESP) block is a recently described plane block designed to block the dorsal and ventral rami of the thoracic spinal nerves. It has shown to be an effective modality for postoperative pain management as a part of multimodal analgesia in spinal surgery.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04646707

Run by

University Health Network, Toronto

People needed

52

Starts

2020-02-17

Expected to finish

2025-12-30

Last updated by the study team

2025-01-30

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All adult patients aged 18-80 years with ASA class I - III undergoing posterior cervical (C3-T2) decompression and instrumented fusion for cervical stenosis in prone position.

You may not qualify if…

• In patients who are allergic to local anesthetics.
• ASA IV patients
• Lack of informed consent
• Pregnant patient.
• Fracture cervical spine
• Extradural or intradural cervical tumors
• Surgery of C1 and C2 spine

Where it is running

• Toronto Western Hospital?UHN — Toronto, Ontario, Canada (enrolling)

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