TY - JOUR T1 - Continuous erector spinae plane block for analgesia in pediatric thoracic surgery: A case report JO - Revista Española de Anestesiología y Reanimación (English Edition) T2 - AU - Gaio-Lima,C. AU - Costa,C.C. AU - Moreira,J.B. AU - Lemos,T.S. AU - Trindade,H.L. SN - 23411929 M3 - 10.1016/j.redare.2018.04.006 DO - 10.1016/j.redare.2018.04.006 UR - https://www.elsevier.es/en-revista-revista-espanola-anestesiologia-reanimacion-english-444-articulo-continuous-erector-spinae-plane-block-S2341192918300532 AB - Erector spinae plane block has been recently described and it appears as a very promising regional analgesia technique. We report the first continuous erector spinae plane block performed in a pediatric patient for thoracic surgery.A 15-month-old boy, diagnosed with a paracardiac teratoma was scheduled for a tumor resection with a thoracotomy approach. After general anesthesia induction, a continuous erector spinae plane block at T5 level was performed with ropivacaine 0.2%. After surgery, a continuous thoracic interfascial infusion of ropivacaine 0.1% along with multimodal rescue analgesia was initiated.The patient tolerated the procedure well with no complications. It appears that this is a good alternative to thoracic epidural and paravertebral block, given the simple reproducibility and potential greater safety of this technique. ER -