The Shining Star of the Last Decade in Regional Anesthesia Part-II: Interfascial Plane Blocks for Cardiac, Abdominal, and Spine Surgery

Overview

Journal Eurasian J Med

Publisher Aves

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2023 Nov 2

PMID 37916997

Authors

Ahmet Murat Yayik

Erkan Cem Celik

Muhammed Enes Aydin

Elif Oral Ahiskalioglu

Burhan Dost

Basak Altiparmak

Madan Narayanan

Alessandro De Cassai

Serkan Tulgar

Ali Ahiskalioglu

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Abstract

The sine qua non of enhanced recovery after surgery protocols designed to improve the perioperative experiences and outcomes of patients is to determine the most appropriate analgesia management. Although many regional techniques have been tried over the years in this purpose, interfacial plane blocks have become more popular with the introduction of ultrasound technology into daily practice and they have great potential to support effective postoperative pain management in many surgeries. The current article focuses on the benefits, techniques, indications, and complications of interfascial plane blocks applied in cardiac, abdominal, and spine surgeries.

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