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FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Superior Analgesia Found With Quadratus Lumborum Block in Laparoscopic Abdominal Surgery


Originally published by our sister publication Pain Medicine News

PARIS—Posterior quadratus lumborum block offers better short-term pain relief than erector spinae plane block in patients undergoing laparoscopic abdominal surgery, a new meta-analysis has found.

The findings indicated that patients who underwent the posterior quadratus lumborum block had lower pain scores at 24 hours than their counterparts receiving the erector spinae plane block. But patients in both groups consumed