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Background:

Thoracolumbar interfascial plane (TLIP) block involves injection of local anesthetics between multifidus and longissimus muscles at the 3 rd lumbar vertebral level assuming that it can block the dorsal rami of thoracolumbar nerves.

Objective:

The objective of this study was to evaluate the analgesic effects gained after performing TLIP block (analogous to the transversus abdominis plane [TAP] block, but intended for the back) in patients undergoing lumbar discectomy.

Methodology:

This was a prospective, randomized, double-blinded, controlled clinical trial. Computer-generated randomization numbers were used to allocate patients into two groups. A total of 102 patients scheduled for lumbar discectomy were considered eligible, of these 70 patients were randomly included in the analysis: 35 patients (control group) received the standard general anesthetic technique and 35 patients (TLIP group …