ReviewPlastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open2020
Practical Review of Abdominal and Breast Regional Analgesia for Plastic Surgeons: Evidence and Techniques.
Review in Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prehabilitation for Breast Reconstruction Surgery: A Practical and Evidence-based Guide.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2026Article
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- The Utility of Erector Spinae Plane Blocks in Breast Surgery: A Practical Review.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2025Review
- Excess Opioid Medication and Variation in Prescribing Patterns Following Common Breast Plastic Surgeries.Plastic surgery (Oakville, Ont.) · 2024Article
- The effect of a local anesthetic cocktail in a serratus anterior plane and PECS 1 block for implant-based breast reconstruction.JPRAS open · 2024Article
- Use of Muscle Relaxants for Acute Postoperative Pain: A Practical Review.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2024Review
- Liposomal Bupivacaine Analgesia in Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Flap Breast Reconstruction: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2024Article
- Reducing Disparities: Regional Anesthesia Blocks for Mastectomy with Reconstruction Within Standardized Regional Anesthesia Pathways.Annals of surgical oncology · 2024Article
- Safe Reproducible Breast Reduction.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2023Review
- Rational Multimodal Analgesia for Perioperative Pain Management.Current pain and headache reports · 2023Review
- Trends and Innovations in Autologous Breast Reconstruction.Archives of plastic surgery · 2023Article
- Paravertebral Blocks in Tissue Expander Breast Reconstruction: Propensity-Matched Analysis of Opioid Consumption and Patient Outcomes.Plastic and reconstructive surgery · 2023Article
- Office-based Plastic Surgery-Evidence-based Clinical and Administrative Guidelines.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2022Review
- Multimodal Analgesia in the Aesthetic Plastic Surgery: Concepts and Strategies.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2022Article
- Building a Center for Abdominal Core Health: The Importance of a Holistic Multidisciplinary Approach.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2022Review
- Blocking the Unbearable: The Case for the Erector Spinae Plane Block.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2021Article
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3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Regional analgesia has been increasing in popularity due to its opioid- sparing analgesic effects and utility in multimodal analgesia strategies. Several regional techniques have been used in plastic surgery; however, there is a lack of consensus on the indications and the comparative efficacy of these blocks. The goal of this review is to provide evidence-based recommendations on the most relevant types of interfascial plane blocks for abdominal and breast surgery. A systematic search of the PUBMED, EMBASE, and Cochrane databases was performed to identify the evidence associated with the different interfascial plane blocks used in plastic surgery. The search included all studies from inception to March 2020. A total of 126 studies were included and used in the synthesis of the information presented in this review. There is strong evidence for using the transversus abdominis plane blocks in both abdominoplasties as well as abdominally-based microvascular breast reconstruction as evidenced by a significant reduction in post-operative pain and opioid consumption. Pectoralis (I and II), serratus anterior, and erector spinae plane blocks all provide good pain control in breast surgeries. Finally, the serratus anterior plane block can be used as primary block or an adjunct to the pectoralis blocks for a wider analgesia coverage of the breast. All the reviewed blocks are safe and easy to administer. Interfascial plane blocks are effective and safe modalities used to reduce pain and opioid consumption after abdominal and breast plastic surgery.
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