Opioid free postoperatively using Pecto-Intercostal Fascial Block (PIFB) with multimodal Analgesia (MMA) in a patient with myasthenia gravis underwent thymectomy via sternotomy

J Clin Anesth. 2020 Feb:59:32-33. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2019.06.009. Epub 2019 Jun 11.

Authors

Jerry Jones¹, Peyton J Murin¹, Jeremy H Tsui²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
² School of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. Electronic address: jeremy.tsui4@gmail.com.

PMID: 31200189
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2019.06.009

No abstract available

Keywords: Perioperative medicine; Regional anesthesia; Thoracic surgery.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Analgesia / instrumentation
Analgesia / methods*
Catheters
Fascia / diagnostic imaging
Fascia / innervation
Humans
Intercostal Muscles / diagnostic imaging
Intercostal Muscles / innervation
Intercostal Nerves / drug effects
Male
Myasthenia Gravis / surgery
Nerve Block / instrumentation
Nerve Block / methods*
Pain Management / instrumentation
Pain Management / methods*
Pain, Postoperative / diagnosis
Pain, Postoperative / etiology
Pain, Postoperative / therapy*
Pain, Procedural / etiology
Pain, Procedural / prevention & control*
Pectoralis Muscles / diagnostic imaging
Pectoralis Muscles / innervation
Ropivacaine / administration & dosage
Sternotomy / adverse effects
Thymectomy / adverse effects
Thymectomy / methods
Ultrasonography, Interventional

Substances

Ropivacaine