Ultrasound guided thoracic wall blocks
Sami Kaan Coşarcan1
, Mete Manici2
, Hadi Ufuk Yörükoğlu3
, Yavuz Gürkan4
1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain, VKV Amerikan Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
2Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Koc University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
3Anesthesiology Clinic, Bitlis State Hospital, Bitlis
4Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, School of Medicine, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey
Keywords: Thoracic wall nerve blocks, facial plane blocks; regional anesthesia.
Abstract
Epidural anesthesia and thoracic paravertebral blocks have been the mainstay of regional anesthesia for thoracic surgery for many years. Following introduction of ultrasound use during regional anesthesia practices, new blocks named interfascial plane blocks have been introduced into clinical practice. Although interfascial plane blocks fail to provide surgical anesthesia their contribution to providing analgesia is clinically important. In this review we mention the most commonly accepted blocks namely pectoral blocks, serratus anterior plane block, erector spinae plane block and rhomboid blocks.