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This chapter discussed the anatomy, sonoanatomy, and mechanism of erector spinae plane block. A detailed discussion of the injection is included here. The literature on the erector spinae block in patients of different age population and surgical procedures will be discussed.
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Forero, M., Roqués, V., Trujillo-Uribe, N.J. (2020). Erector Spinae Plane Block (ESP Block). In: Peng, P., Finlayson, R., Lee, S., Bhatia, A. (eds) Ultrasound for Interventional Pain Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18371-4_11
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