Combination of pectoralis nerve block II and serratus anterior plane blocks in minimally invasive cardiac surgery. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2023; 130: 786-94

Br J Anaesth. 2023 Nov;131(5):e154-e155. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2023.08.015. Epub 2023 Sep 9.

Authors

Raghuraman M Sethuraman¹, Arun Natarajan²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, India. Electronic address: drraghuram70@gmail.com.
² Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Hillingdon, London, UK.

PMID: 37690947
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2023.08.015

No abstract available

Keywords: minimally invasive cardiac surgery; pectoralis nerve block; postoperative pain; serratus anterior plane block; thoracotomy.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
Humans
Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
Nerve Block*
Pain, Postoperative
Thoracic Wall*