Pub Date : 2020-01-31eCollection Date: 2020-01-01DOI: 10.2147/LRA.S229315
Thomas Michels
Peripheral Neuropathic Pain (PNP) as well as the Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), also known as "Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy", or "Sudeck Dystrophy", all of them have a poor prognosis. The numerous therapeutic offers are rarely accompanied by convincing success over a long duration of time. Even worse is the prognosis of a fixed dystonia which may develop in the extremities of PNP or CRPS patients. In literature a few cases are reported in which the often unbearable pain of those patients with or without a disabling dystonia disappeared immediately after the injection of local anesthetics (LAs) into the scars of a preceding trauma. This review evaluates publications concerning the neuropathological characteristics of fixed dystonia in PNP/CRPS patients and the electrophysiological processes of scar neuromas. The results of these evaluations support the understanding of the therapeutic successes and their immediate results reported above by the injection of LAs into triggering scars. Therapeutic options are discussed.
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Pub Date : 2020-01-08eCollection Date: 2020-01-01DOI: 10.2147/LRA.S181458
Timothy Wong, Paige L Georgiadis, Richard D Urman, Mitchell H Tsai
Non-operating room anesthesia (NORA) represents a growing field of medicine with an increasing trend in the number of cases performed over the previous decade. As a result, anesthesia providers will need to enhance their familiarity with the resources, personnel, and environment outside of the operating room. Anesthesia delivery in NORA settings should be held with the same high-quality standards as that within the operating room. This review looks at special considerations in patient selection and the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative periods. In addition, there is a discussion on the unique aspects of specific NORA areas and the considerations that come with them.
{"title":"Non-Operating Room Anesthesia: Patient Selection and Special Considerations.","authors":"Timothy Wong, Paige L Georgiadis, Richard D Urman, Mitchell H Tsai","doi":"10.2147/LRA.S181458","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2147/LRA.S181458","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Non-operating room anesthesia (NORA) represents a growing field of medicine with an increasing trend in the number of cases performed over the previous decade. As a result, anesthesia providers will need to enhance their familiarity with the resources, personnel, and environment outside of the operating room. Anesthesia delivery in NORA settings should be held with the same high-quality standards as that within the operating room. This review looks at special considerations in patient selection and the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative periods. In addition, there is a discussion on the unique aspects of specific NORA areas and the considerations that come with them.</p>","PeriodicalId":18203,"journal":{"name":"Local and Regional Anesthesia","volume":"13 ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2020-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2147/LRA.S181458","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37611591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-12-04eCollection Date: 2019-01-01DOI: 10.2147/LRA.S185765
Federico Piccioni, Andrea Poli, Leah Carol Templeton, T Wesley Templeton, Marco Rispoli, Luigi Vetrugno, Domenico Santonastaso, Franco Valenza
Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (PRFA) of solid tumors is a minimally invasive procedure used to treat primary or metastatic cancer lesions via needle targeted thermal energy transfer. Some of the most common tumor lesions treated using PRFA include those within the liver, lungs and kidneys. Additionally, bone, thyroid, and breast lesions can also be treated. In most cases, this procedure is performed outside of the operating room in a specialized radiology suite. As a result, the clinician must adapt in many cases to the specific environmental issues attendant to providing anesthesia outside the operating room, including the lack of availability of an anesthesia machine in some cases, and frequently a lack of adequate scavenging and other specialized monitoring and equipment. At this time, routine practice and anesthetic prescriptions for PRFA can vary widely, ranging from patients receiving local anesthesia alone, to monitored anesthesia care, to regional anesthesia, to combined regional and general anesthesia. The choice of anesthetic technique will depend on tumor location and practitioner experience. This review aims to summarize the current state of the art in terms of anesthetic techniques for patients undergoing PRFA of solid tumors.
{"title":"Anesthesia for Percutaneous Radiofrequency Tumor Ablation (PRFA): A Review of Current Practice and Techniques.","authors":"Federico Piccioni, Andrea Poli, Leah Carol Templeton, T Wesley Templeton, Marco Rispoli, Luigi Vetrugno, Domenico Santonastaso, Franco Valenza","doi":"10.2147/LRA.S185765","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2147/LRA.S185765","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (PRFA) of solid tumors is a minimally invasive procedure used to treat primary or metastatic cancer lesions via needle targeted thermal energy transfer. Some of the most common tumor lesions treated using PRFA include those within the liver, lungs and kidneys. Additionally, bone, thyroid, and breast lesions can also be treated. In most cases, this procedure is performed outside of the operating room in a specialized radiology suite. As a result, the clinician must adapt in many cases to the specific environmental issues attendant to providing anesthesia outside the operating room, including the lack of availability of an anesthesia machine in some cases, and frequently a lack of adequate scavenging and other specialized monitoring and equipment. At this time, routine practice and anesthetic prescriptions for PRFA can vary widely, ranging from patients receiving local anesthesia alone, to monitored anesthesia care, to regional anesthesia, to combined regional and general anesthesia. The choice of anesthetic technique will depend on tumor location and practitioner experience. This review aims to summarize the current state of the art in terms of anesthetic techniques for patients undergoing PRFA of solid tumors.</p>","PeriodicalId":18203,"journal":{"name":"Local and Regional Anesthesia","volume":"12 ","pages":"127-137"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2019-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2147/LRA.S185765","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37446056","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Department Anaesthesia, Pain and Palliative Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, 6500 HB, the Netherlands Dear editor With great interest we have read the article by Mangla et al recently published in Local and Regional Anaesthesia. In this article, they present the anaesthetic considerations of a trauma patient with bilateral radial fractures. Because of posttraumatic orofacial swelling combined with a sore throat after a previous anaesthesia, they anticipated a possible difficult airway. The patient was motivated for a bilateral brachial plexus anaesthesia combined with midazolam and propofol infusion. A infraclavicular block on the right and a supraclavicular block on the left were performed under ultrasound guidance. We would like to share our thoughts regarding this anaesthetic plan with respect to patient safety. Firstly, combining different local anaesthetics is common but their toxicity is additive. Calculating maximal doses becomes blurred. Blocks become unpredictable due to changes in pKa values and alterations in free fractions of these local anaesthetics. Secondly, when pulmonary complications are a real concern we suggest to perform a bilateral axillary block since there are no concerns regarding pulmonal failure (diaphragm palsy, pneumothorax). In combination with a skin ring block to address the intercostobrachial nerve, patients will have sufficient anaesthesia to tolerate a tourniquet (if needed). Third, Mangla et al performed a bilateral brachial block using bupivacaine 0.5%. Regarding LA toxicity, ropivacaine has largely replaced bupivacaine as the most commonly used long-acting local anaesthetic in peripheral nerve blockade. In equivalent doses, it produces less motor blockade compared to bupivacaine but an equally effective sensory block. Most important ropivacaine is less cardiotoxic compared to bupivacaine. The volume of LA that was given to perform the brachial blocks was 30–40mL. An increased volume will increase the spread of local anaesthetics, increasing the chance of blocking the phrenic nerve. Especially as 20 mL of ropivacaine 0.75% or low dose ropivacaine 0.375% is sufficient in a ultrasound guided supraclavicular block. Determining the anaesthetic plan is always a delicate balance between patient wishes, surgical options, surgical and/or anaesthesia risks. Anaesthesiologists should implement the plan that minimizes the risk to the patient.
{"title":"Bilateral Brachial Plexus Block Using Chloroprocaine For Surgery Of Bilateral Radial Fractures [Letter]","authors":"Eva Hendriksen, C. Slagt","doi":"10.2147/lra.s233411","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2147/lra.s233411","url":null,"abstract":"Department Anaesthesia, Pain and Palliative Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, 6500 HB, the Netherlands Dear editor With great interest we have read the article by Mangla et al recently published in Local and Regional Anaesthesia. In this article, they present the anaesthetic considerations of a trauma patient with bilateral radial fractures. Because of posttraumatic orofacial swelling combined with a sore throat after a previous anaesthesia, they anticipated a possible difficult airway. The patient was motivated for a bilateral brachial plexus anaesthesia combined with midazolam and propofol infusion. A infraclavicular block on the right and a supraclavicular block on the left were performed under ultrasound guidance. We would like to share our thoughts regarding this anaesthetic plan with respect to patient safety. Firstly, combining different local anaesthetics is common but their toxicity is additive. Calculating maximal doses becomes blurred. Blocks become unpredictable due to changes in pKa values and alterations in free fractions of these local anaesthetics. Secondly, when pulmonary complications are a real concern we suggest to perform a bilateral axillary block since there are no concerns regarding pulmonal failure (diaphragm palsy, pneumothorax). In combination with a skin ring block to address the intercostobrachial nerve, patients will have sufficient anaesthesia to tolerate a tourniquet (if needed). Third, Mangla et al performed a bilateral brachial block using bupivacaine 0.5%. Regarding LA toxicity, ropivacaine has largely replaced bupivacaine as the most commonly used long-acting local anaesthetic in peripheral nerve blockade. In equivalent doses, it produces less motor blockade compared to bupivacaine but an equally effective sensory block. Most important ropivacaine is less cardiotoxic compared to bupivacaine. The volume of LA that was given to perform the brachial blocks was 30–40mL. An increased volume will increase the spread of local anaesthetics, increasing the chance of blocking the phrenic nerve. Especially as 20 mL of ropivacaine 0.75% or low dose ropivacaine 0.375% is sufficient in a ultrasound guided supraclavicular block. Determining the anaesthetic plan is always a delicate balance between patient wishes, surgical options, surgical and/or anaesthesia risks. Anaesthesiologists should implement the plan that minimizes the risk to the patient.","PeriodicalId":18203,"journal":{"name":"Local and Regional Anesthesia","volume":"12 1","pages":"109 - 110"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2019-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2147/lra.s233411","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45529275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Department of Anesthesiology, New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, USA Dear editor We would like to thank Dr Hendrickson et al for their interest in our work and writing about their opinion. We agree with the comment that mixing local anesthetics might make individual safe doses unknown, so maximum recommended doses of each local anesthetic should not be used. There are no human studies but it can be presumed to be additive based on some animal studies. We mixed local anesthetics in our patients so that we could decrease the volume of more toxic local anesthetics (Bupivacaine) by using some less toxic ones (like chloroprocaine). We also used doses of each local anesthetic of well below the recommended toxic doses and did spacing in our blocks to avoid toxicity. Though axillary blocks along with medial brachial cutaneous and intercostobrachial block can be used, we chose not to perform bilateral axillary blocks because it requires individual blockage of the terminal nerves which might lead to inadequate coverage, and also, performance of the block time and onset time is longer. Instead, we did infraclavicular block on one side, which greatly decreases the chances of phrenic nerve palsy. Dr Hendricken made a very good point of using ropivacaine instead of bupivacaine due to less toxicity, but unfortunately we do not have ropivacaine available at our institution. Lastly, smaller volume of local anesthetics can be used with the use of ultrasound for a successful block. We used 30 mL volume for each block, as we wanted to ensure complete coverage of surgical anesthesia and to avoid any supplementation/ deeper sedation or general anesthesia in case of an incomplete block. Also, our second block was more than two hours later, hence we avoided the overlap of peak plasma concentration of the local anesthetics from first and second blocks.
{"title":"Bilateral Brachial Plexus Block Using Chloroprocaine For Surgery Of Bilateral Radial Fractures [Response To Letter]","authors":"Chanchal Mangla, H. Kamath, J. Yarmush","doi":"10.2147/lra.s238432","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2147/lra.s238432","url":null,"abstract":"Department of Anesthesiology, New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, USA Dear editor We would like to thank Dr Hendrickson et al for their interest in our work and writing about their opinion. We agree with the comment that mixing local anesthetics might make individual safe doses unknown, so maximum recommended doses of each local anesthetic should not be used. There are no human studies but it can be presumed to be additive based on some animal studies. We mixed local anesthetics in our patients so that we could decrease the volume of more toxic local anesthetics (Bupivacaine) by using some less toxic ones (like chloroprocaine). We also used doses of each local anesthetic of well below the recommended toxic doses and did spacing in our blocks to avoid toxicity. Though axillary blocks along with medial brachial cutaneous and intercostobrachial block can be used, we chose not to perform bilateral axillary blocks because it requires individual blockage of the terminal nerves which might lead to inadequate coverage, and also, performance of the block time and onset time is longer. Instead, we did infraclavicular block on one side, which greatly decreases the chances of phrenic nerve palsy. Dr Hendricken made a very good point of using ropivacaine instead of bupivacaine due to less toxicity, but unfortunately we do not have ropivacaine available at our institution. Lastly, smaller volume of local anesthetics can be used with the use of ultrasound for a successful block. We used 30 mL volume for each block, as we wanted to ensure complete coverage of surgical anesthesia and to avoid any supplementation/ deeper sedation or general anesthesia in case of an incomplete block. Also, our second block was more than two hours later, hence we avoided the overlap of peak plasma concentration of the local anesthetics from first and second blocks.","PeriodicalId":18203,"journal":{"name":"Local and Regional Anesthesia","volume":"12 1","pages":"125 - 126"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2019-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2147/lra.s238432","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48507115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract Obesity is a significant global health problem. It results in a higher incidence of complications for pregnant women and their neonates. Cesarean deliveries are more common in obese parturients as well. The increased burden of comorbidities seen in this population, such as obstructive sleep apnea, necessitates antepartum anesthetic consultation. These patients pose unique challenges for the practicing anesthesiologist and may benefit from optimization prior to delivery. Complications from anesthesia and overall morbidity and mortality are higher in this population. Neuraxial anesthesia can be challenging to place in the obese parturient, but is the preferred anesthetic for cesarean delivery to avoid airway manipulation, minimize aspiration risk, prevent fetal exposure to volatile anesthetic, and decrease risk of post-partum hemorrhage from volatile anesthetic exposure. Monitoring and positioning of these patients for surgery may pose specific challenges. Functional labor epidural catheters can be topped up to provide conditions suitable for surgery. In the absence of a working epidural catheter, a combined spinal epidural anesthetic is often the technique of choice due to relative ease of placement versus a single shot spinal technique as well as the ability to extend the anesthetic through the epidural portion. For cesarean delivery with a vertical supraumbilical skin incision, a two-catheter technique may be beneficial. Concern for thromboembolism necessitates early mobilization and a multimodal analgesic regimen can help accomplish this. In addition, thromboprophylaxis is recommended in this population after delivery—especially cesarean delivery. These patients also need close monitoring in the post-partum period when they are at increased risk for several complications.
{"title":"Obesity And Obstetric Anesthesia: Current Insights","authors":"C. Taylor, J. Dominguez, A. Habib","doi":"10.2147/LRA.S186530","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2147/LRA.S186530","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Obesity is a significant global health problem. It results in a higher incidence of complications for pregnant women and their neonates. Cesarean deliveries are more common in obese parturients as well. The increased burden of comorbidities seen in this population, such as obstructive sleep apnea, necessitates antepartum anesthetic consultation. These patients pose unique challenges for the practicing anesthesiologist and may benefit from optimization prior to delivery. Complications from anesthesia and overall morbidity and mortality are higher in this population. Neuraxial anesthesia can be challenging to place in the obese parturient, but is the preferred anesthetic for cesarean delivery to avoid airway manipulation, minimize aspiration risk, prevent fetal exposure to volatile anesthetic, and decrease risk of post-partum hemorrhage from volatile anesthetic exposure. Monitoring and positioning of these patients for surgery may pose specific challenges. Functional labor epidural catheters can be topped up to provide conditions suitable for surgery. In the absence of a working epidural catheter, a combined spinal epidural anesthetic is often the technique of choice due to relative ease of placement versus a single shot spinal technique as well as the ability to extend the anesthetic through the epidural portion. For cesarean delivery with a vertical supraumbilical skin incision, a two-catheter technique may be beneficial. Concern for thromboembolism necessitates early mobilization and a multimodal analgesic regimen can help accomplish this. In addition, thromboprophylaxis is recommended in this population after delivery—especially cesarean delivery. These patients also need close monitoring in the post-partum period when they are at increased risk for several complications.","PeriodicalId":18203,"journal":{"name":"Local and Regional Anesthesia","volume":"12 1","pages":"111 - 124"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2019-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2147/LRA.S186530","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46230308","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract Postherpetic neuralgia is a common and potentially debilitating neuropathic pain condition. Current pharmacologic therapy can be inadequate and intolerable for patients. We present a case of a gentleman with refractory postherpetic neuralgia in the intercostobrachial nerve distribution that was successfully treated with cryoneurolysis/cryoanalgesia therapy.
{"title":"Case Report Of Cryoneurolysis For The Treatment Of Refractory Intercostobrachial Neuralgia With Postherpetic Neuralgia","authors":"G. Weber, K. Saad, M. Awad, Tiffany H. Wong","doi":"10.2147/LRA.S223961","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2147/LRA.S223961","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Postherpetic neuralgia is a common and potentially debilitating neuropathic pain condition. Current pharmacologic therapy can be inadequate and intolerable for patients. We present a case of a gentleman with refractory postherpetic neuralgia in the intercostobrachial nerve distribution that was successfully treated with cryoneurolysis/cryoanalgesia therapy.","PeriodicalId":18203,"journal":{"name":"Local and Regional Anesthesia","volume":"12 1","pages":"103 - 107"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2019-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2147/LRA.S223961","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47907977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ferda Yılmaz İnal, Yadigar Yılmaz, H. Daşkaya, M. Toptaş, H. Koçoğlu, H. Uysal, I. Akkoc
Background The intraoperative attending anaesthesiologist ultimately makes decisions about the anaesthesiology technique to be performed, but the attitudes of surgeons and preferences of patients on this subject may affect their choice. In this questionnaire-based study, we aimed to evaluate the attitudes and behaviors of surgeons about the use of regional anaesthesia (RA) in surgical operations. Methods Surgeons from different surgical branches with residencies at 4 different hospitals were asked to complete questionnaires that included reasons for preferring (12 reasons) and not preferring (13 reasons) the use of RA techniques for surgeries, using a 5-point Likert scale. Results A total of 156 surgeons from 4 hospitals, out of 167 surgeons who were approached to participate in the study, completed the questionnaire. The most commonly observed reason for a preference towards regional anaesthesia among the surgeons was the risk of general anaesthesia for patients with an American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) risk class of III and above. The second most commonly observed reason was for protection from the complications of general anaesthesia, and the third most commonly observed reason was the lower risk of thromboembolisms with regional anaesthesia. The most commonly observed reasons for not choosing regional anaesthesia were found to be incompatibility of the patients and patients’ fears of feeling pain during surgery. Conclusion We conclude that programmes for informing surgeons and educating patients about the advantages of RA may increase the preference ratio among surgeons and decrease patients’ refusals to choose this procedure.
{"title":"Evaluation of the attitudes of surgeons about regional anesthesia: a survey study","authors":"Ferda Yılmaz İnal, Yadigar Yılmaz, H. Daşkaya, M. Toptaş, H. Koçoğlu, H. Uysal, I. Akkoc","doi":"10.2147/LRA.S211469","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2147/LRA.S211469","url":null,"abstract":"Background The intraoperative attending anaesthesiologist ultimately makes decisions about the anaesthesiology technique to be performed, but the attitudes of surgeons and preferences of patients on this subject may affect their choice. In this questionnaire-based study, we aimed to evaluate the attitudes and behaviors of surgeons about the use of regional anaesthesia (RA) in surgical operations. Methods Surgeons from different surgical branches with residencies at 4 different hospitals were asked to complete questionnaires that included reasons for preferring (12 reasons) and not preferring (13 reasons) the use of RA techniques for surgeries, using a 5-point Likert scale. Results A total of 156 surgeons from 4 hospitals, out of 167 surgeons who were approached to participate in the study, completed the questionnaire. The most commonly observed reason for a preference towards regional anaesthesia among the surgeons was the risk of general anaesthesia for patients with an American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) risk class of III and above. The second most commonly observed reason was for protection from the complications of general anaesthesia, and the third most commonly observed reason was the lower risk of thromboembolisms with regional anaesthesia. The most commonly observed reasons for not choosing regional anaesthesia were found to be incompatibility of the patients and patients’ fears of feeling pain during surgery. Conclusion We conclude that programmes for informing surgeons and educating patients about the advantages of RA may increase the preference ratio among surgeons and decrease patients’ refusals to choose this procedure.","PeriodicalId":18203,"journal":{"name":"Local and Regional Anesthesia","volume":"12 1","pages":"89 - 95"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2019-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2147/LRA.S211469","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46034519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ferda Yılmaz İnal, Yadigar Yılmaz, H. Daşkaya, M. Toptaş, H. Koçoğlu, H. Uysal, I. Akkoc
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.2147/LRA.S211469.].
[这更正了文章DOI: 10.2147/LRA.S211469.]。
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Deepanshu Mallan, Sandeep Sharan, S. Saxena, T. Singh, .. Faisal
Abstract Transverse abdominis plane (TAP) blocks, over the past decade, have emerged as a reliable tool in multimodal analgesia. Although they block only the somatic component of pain, studies have still revealed a consistent benefit in the first 24–48 hours after surgery in terms of pain scores and overall opioid consumption. The safety and dependability has increased with ultrasound usage. The aim of this review is to help the reader appreciate the applied anatomy required for a TAP block and its congeners, to standardize its nomenclature, and to help choose between variants of a TAP block and its complications and safety profile.
{"title":"Anesthetic techniques: focus on transversus abdominis plane (TAP) blocks","authors":"Deepanshu Mallan, Sandeep Sharan, S. Saxena, T. Singh, .. Faisal","doi":"10.2147/LRA.S138537","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2147/LRA.S138537","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Transverse abdominis plane (TAP) blocks, over the past decade, have emerged as a reliable tool in multimodal analgesia. Although they block only the somatic component of pain, studies have still revealed a consistent benefit in the first 24–48 hours after surgery in terms of pain scores and overall opioid consumption. The safety and dependability has increased with ultrasound usage. The aim of this review is to help the reader appreciate the applied anatomy required for a TAP block and its congeners, to standardize its nomenclature, and to help choose between variants of a TAP block and its complications and safety profile.","PeriodicalId":18203,"journal":{"name":"Local and Regional Anesthesia","volume":"12 1","pages":"81 - 88"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2019-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2147/LRA.S138537","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47302588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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