A 12-year-old boy, weighing 35 kg, presented with a collapsed D7 thoracic vertebra with
spinal cord compression. Preoperative neurological examination was normal. He was …

A six year old female child, weighing 13 kg was posted for patent ductus arteriosus ligation
by a left lateral thoracotomy approach. The planned anesthetic was general anesthesia and …

Andrés Zorrilla-Vaca, Department of Anaesthesiology, Universidad del Valle, Cali,
Colombia, e-mail: andres. zorrilla@ correounivalle. edu. co dear editor, opioid-free …

Abstract Correspondence to Dr Priyam Saikia, Department of Anaesthesiology & Critical
Care, Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, Guwahati, Assam 781032, India; saikia …

The ESP block is a novel block during which an area local anesthetic is deposited between
the erector spinae muscle and the underlying transverse process. It is an easier technique …

The paravertebral space contains neural structures, including anterior and posterior
branches of the intercostal nerves, the nerves of the sympathetic chain, rami communicantes …

Sir, There is significant pain after thoracotomy surgery because of pleural and muscular
damage, ribcage disruption, and intercostal nerve damage during surgery, which if not …

Sir, The ultrasound‑guided thoracolumbar interfascial plane (TLIP) block, which can be used
for the analgesia for patients undergoing lumbar vertebra surgery, was first reported in …

Sir, Erector spinae plane (ESP) block was described by Forero et al. as an ultrasound (US)‑
guided interfacial plane block and was used successfully for managing chronic neuropathic …

In this issue of the Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, an interesting paper focusing on the
new application of the erector spinae plane block (ESPB) was published. Elkoundi et al.[1] …