Regional anaesthesia for thoracic surgery: what is the PROSPECT that fascial plane blocks are the answer?

Anaesthesia. 2022 Mar;77(3):252-256. doi: 10.1111/anae.15612. Epub 2021 Nov 9.

Authors

B G Shelley^{1

2}, K J Anderson³, A J R Macfarlane^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Academic Unit of Anaesthesia, Pain and Critical Care Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
² Department of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Glasgow, UK.
³ University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
⁴ Department of Anaesthesia, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK.

PMID: 34751945
DOI: 10.1111/anae.15612

No abstract available

Keywords: acute pain; facial plane blocks; paravertebral blockade; thoracic anaesthesia.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Anesthesia, Conduction / methods*
Anesthesia, Conduction / trends
Humans
Nerve Block / methods*
Nerve Block / trends
Pain, Postoperative / etiology
Pain, Postoperative / prevention & control*
Thoracic Surgical Procedures / adverse effects
Thoracic Surgical Procedures / trends*