Erector spinae plane block for intractable, nonsurgical abdominal pain: a scoping review
Abdominal pain is one of the most common presenting chief complaints in the emergency department. Erector spinae plane block (ESPB) is an ultrasound-guided nerve block with proven effectiveness in treating visceral and somatic abdominal pain. Despite the increasing popularity of ESPB, its role in th...
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The Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
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| author | Ashley Meyer Campbell Belisle Haley Eisa Razzak Amanda Dos Santos Kyle Dornhofer Edmund Hsu Soheil Saadat John Christian Fox Megan Guy |
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| description | Abdominal pain is one of the most common presenting chief complaints in the emergency department. Erector spinae plane block (ESPB) is an ultrasound-guided nerve block with proven effectiveness in treating visceral and somatic abdominal pain. Despite the increasing popularity of ESPB, its role in the management of nonsurgical abdominal pain has not yet been characterized. Our scoping review aims to synthesize current knowledge on the safety and efficacy of ESPB in the management of patients experiencing intractable, nonsurgical abdominal pain. We searched PubMed and Scopus to evaluate the existing literature on ESPB for nonsurgical abdominal pain. A total of 14 journal articles were included: 12 case-based studies, one systematic review, and one narrative review. All cases described the successful use of ESPB in treating abdominal pain refractory to oral or intravenous analgesic medications, and no complications were reported in any cases. This scoping review provides support for the use of ESPB to manage intractable, nonsurgical abdominal pain. ESPB has demonstrated efficacy in alleviating various conditions such as functional abdominal pain, renal colic, pancreatitis, herpetic pain, and cancer-related pain. Theoretical risks such as pneumothorax, bleeding, and infection are possible, although the studies reviewed did not report such complications. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-102e7a501c1443b0bb8de4c902c9a91a2025-08-20T03:16:46ZengThe Korean Society of Emergency MedicineClinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine2383-46252024-12-0111437938610.15441/ceem.23.171543Erector spinae plane block for intractable, nonsurgical abdominal pain: a scoping reviewAshley Meyer0Campbell Belisle Haley1Eisa Razzak2Amanda Dos Santos3Kyle Dornhofer4Edmund Hsu5Soheil Saadat6John Christian Fox7Megan Guy8 University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, USA Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA, USA Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA, USA Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA, USA Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA, USA Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA, USA Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA, USA Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA, USAAbdominal pain is one of the most common presenting chief complaints in the emergency department. Erector spinae plane block (ESPB) is an ultrasound-guided nerve block with proven effectiveness in treating visceral and somatic abdominal pain. Despite the increasing popularity of ESPB, its role in the management of nonsurgical abdominal pain has not yet been characterized. Our scoping review aims to synthesize current knowledge on the safety and efficacy of ESPB in the management of patients experiencing intractable, nonsurgical abdominal pain. We searched PubMed and Scopus to evaluate the existing literature on ESPB for nonsurgical abdominal pain. A total of 14 journal articles were included: 12 case-based studies, one systematic review, and one narrative review. All cases described the successful use of ESPB in treating abdominal pain refractory to oral or intravenous analgesic medications, and no complications were reported in any cases. This scoping review provides support for the use of ESPB to manage intractable, nonsurgical abdominal pain. ESPB has demonstrated efficacy in alleviating various conditions such as functional abdominal pain, renal colic, pancreatitis, herpetic pain, and cancer-related pain. Theoretical risks such as pneumothorax, bleeding, and infection are possible, although the studies reviewed did not report such complications.http://ceemjournal.org/upload/pdf/ceem-23-171.pdfabdominal painerector spinae plane blocknerve blockdiagnostic imagingconduction anesthesia |
| spellingShingle | Ashley Meyer Campbell Belisle Haley Eisa Razzak Amanda Dos Santos Kyle Dornhofer Edmund Hsu Soheil Saadat John Christian Fox Megan Guy Erector spinae plane block for intractable, nonsurgical abdominal pain: a scoping review Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine abdominal pain erector spinae plane block nerve block diagnostic imaging conduction anesthesia |
| title | Erector spinae plane block for intractable, nonsurgical abdominal pain: a scoping review |
| title_full | Erector spinae plane block for intractable, nonsurgical abdominal pain: a scoping review |
| title_fullStr | Erector spinae plane block for intractable, nonsurgical abdominal pain: a scoping review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Erector spinae plane block for intractable, nonsurgical abdominal pain: a scoping review |
| title_short | Erector spinae plane block for intractable, nonsurgical abdominal pain: a scoping review |
| title_sort | erector spinae plane block for intractable nonsurgical abdominal pain a scoping review |
| topic | abdominal pain erector spinae plane block nerve block diagnostic imaging conduction anesthesia |
| url | http://ceemjournal.org/upload/pdf/ceem-23-171.pdf |
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