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This case series evaluated the analgesic effect of the bilateral bi-level erector spinae plane blocks (ESP) in congenital and neurogenic scoliosis surgery. Patients and Methods: Six pediatric patients with congenital or neurogenic scoliosis underwent posterior spinal fusion involving 5 to 12 vertebral levels. Bilateral single-injection ESPB was performed at one or two levels before incision. Preoperatively, patients received intravenous dexamethasone. General anesthesia with endotracheal intubation and volume-controlled ventilation was performed via TIVA with remifentanil and propofol. During and after the procedure, the basic hemodynamic parameters, opioid consumption, pain scores (numerical rating scale\/NRS), and possible block complications were monitored. Results: All the patients experienced minimal postoperative pain levels. In addition, on the first day after surgery, they had low opioid requirements with no side effects. Conclusions: ESPB in patients undergoing congenital and neurogenic scoliosis correction surgery seems to be an essential analgesic technique that may reduce both severities of pain and opioid consumption.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina59081429","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,7]],"date-time":"2023-08-07T06:37:31Z","timestamp":1691390251000},"page":"1429","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Bilateral Bi-Level Erector Spinae Plane Blocks as a Part of Opioid-Sparing Multimodal Analgesia in Scoliosis Surgery: A Case Series of Six Pediatric Patients"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"59","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9067-0969","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Malgorzata","family":"Domagalska","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Palliative Medicine, University of Medical Sciences, 61-245 Pozna\u0144, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3245-6614","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Bahadir","family":"Ciftci","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul 34214, Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jerzy","family":"Kolasinski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Kolasinski Clinic, Hair Clinic Poznan, 62-020 Swarz\u0119dz, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Grzegorz","family":"Kowalski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Palliative Medicine, University of Medical Sciences, 61-245 Pozna\u0144, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Katarzyna","family":"Wieczorowska-Tobis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Palliative Medicine, University of Medical Sciences, 61-245 Pozna\u0144, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"575","DOI":"10.1007\/s40272-020-00423-1","article-title":"Postoperative pain management in pediatric spinal fusion surgery for idiopathic scoliosis","volume":"22","author":"Lee","year":"2020","journal-title":"Pediatr. 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