Background
infections, ESPB
RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION, INFECTIONS, COAGULOPATHY, THROMBOEMBOLISM
In order to increase patient comfort, enable early mobilization, lower the risk of thromboembolism, and reduce the length of time patients must stay in the hospital after an abdominal hysterectomy, it is crucial to provide patients with adequate perioperative analgesia [Opioid-based analgesia is the standard of care, but it may have undesirable side effects, such as postoperative nausea and vomiting, itching, constipation, or even potentially fatal respiratory depression [Despite being routinely used during abdominal hysterectomy, epidural anesthesia is limited in patients who have coagulopathy, local infections, or increased intracranial pressure [Forero et al. first described the erector spinae plane block (ESPB) in 2016 [Recent studies have demonstrated that bilateral ESP blocks, when given at the low thoracic level during abdominal surgeries including abdominal hysterectomy [In this clinical trial, it was supposed that bilateral ESPB would lessen the need for intraoperative fentanyl during open abdominal hysterectomy. Therefore, our goal was to assess how ESPB affected individuals having an open abdominal hysterectomy while under general anesthesia. Intraoperative fentanyl use was the main study outcome.