Fascial Plane Blocks in Cardiac Surgery: Same but Different

REGIONAL ANESTHESIA techniques increasingly are being promoted as part of a multimodal opioid-sparing pain management strategy including for cardiac and cardiac-related surgery.1 In this issue of the Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, Kaushal et al.2 present a prospective, randomized, single-blinded study comparing 3 regional anesthesia techniques for pain management after pediatric cardiac surgery. Two fascial plane blocks, pectoralis II block and serratus anterior plane block, and intercostal nerve blocks were compared in children undergoing cardiac procedures without cardiopulmonary bypass and via a thoracotomy approach.
Source: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research