Ultrasound-guided serratus plane block combined with intercostal block for a high-risk patient with pericardial tamponade: A case report.

Ultrasound-guided serratus plane block combined with intercostal block for a high-risk patient with pericardial tamponade: A case report. Ann Card Anaesth. 2020 Apr-Jun;23(2):224-226 Authors: Şahin A, Baran O, Yıldırım L, Arar C Abstract Anesthetic management of patients with pericardial tamponade is challenging. A 65-year-old man diagnosed with small-cell lung carcinoma and bilateral malignant pleural effusion in the lungs and pericardial effusion was scheduled for pericardial-window-opening surgery. The severely compromised lung function of the patient led to an anesthetic plan of ultrasound-guided serratus anterior plane block combined with an intercostal block. Although serratus plane block was initially developed for postoperative analgesia, we have shown here that it can be used under deep sedation in combination with an intercostal block for anesthesia for surgeries involving the hemithorax; the block may be promising in high-risk cases. PMID: 32275042 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Tags: Ann Card Anaesth Source Type: research