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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie

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23-08-2022 | Editorials

Fascial plane blocks: moving from the expansionist to the reductionist era

Authors: Jonathan G. Bailey, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Vishal Uppal, MBBS, MSc, FRCA

Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie | Issue 10/2022

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As even a casual observer will have noticed, fascial plane blocks have exploded in both popularity and number over the last several years. The realization that local anesthetic (LA) does not need to be delivered immediately adjacent to target nerves has been revolutionary for regional anesthesia. Instead, large volumes can spread along fascial planes to provide analgesia by either coming in contact with multiple nerves, diffusion through fascia into adjacent tissues, or by vascular absorption.¹ That a single-injection point could produce a large area of numbness has resulted in the description of a dizzying array of fascial plane targets for a wide variety of indications. …

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Title: Fascial plane blocks: moving from the expansionist to the reductionist era
Authors: Jonathan G. Bailey, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Vishal Uppal, MBBS, MSc, FRCA
Publication date: 23-08-2022
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie / Issue 10/2022
Print ISSN: 0832-610X
Electronic ISSN: 1496-8975
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-022-02309-x

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