Researchers at HSS found that patients who received erector spinae plane block consumed fewer opioids on postoperative day 0 after minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion.

Douglas S. Wetmore, MD, anesthesiologist at HSS, told Healio that patients who received the block had a “cleaner and smoother recovery” immediately after surgery. Sravisht Iyer, MD, spine surgeon at HSS and Sheeraz Qureshi, MD, MBA, co-chief of HSS Spine, also discussed how improved pain management immediately after surgery may help support early recovery and mobilization.

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