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ReviewAnesthesiology and pain medicine2021

Novel Regional Nerve Blocks in Clinical Practice: Evolving Techniques for Pain Management.

Amber N Edinoff, Brook Girma, Katherine A Trettin, Cassidy C Horton, Aaron J Kaye, Elyse M Cornett, Farnad Imani, Ehsan Bastanhagh, Adam M Kaye, Alan D Kaye

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Review in Anesthesiology and pain medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Amber N EdinoffLouisiana State University Health Science Center Shreveport, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Shreveport, LA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7436-6206
Brook GirmaLouisiana State University Shreveport, Department of Anesthesiology, Shreveport, LA, USA.
Katherine A TrettinLouisiana State University Health Science Center Shreveport, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Shreveport, LA, USA.
Cassidy C HortonLouisiana State University Health Science Center Shreveport, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Shreveport, LA, USA.
Aaron J KayeMedical University of South Carolina, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Charleston, SC, USA.
Elyse M CornettLouisiana State University Shreveport, Department of Anesthesiology, Shreveport, LA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7961-3931
Farnad ImaniPain Research Center, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0814-0772
Ehsan BastanhaghDepartment of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5323-5204
Adam M KayeThomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, University of the Pacific, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Stockton, CA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7224-3322
Alan D KayeLouisiana State University Shreveport, Department of Anesthesiology, Shreveport, LA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2464-0187
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport · USUniversity of the Pacific · USLouisiana State University in Shreveport · USIran University of Medical Sciences · IRTehran University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review examines the use of novel US-guided nerve blocks in clinical practice. Erector spinae block is a regional anesthesia technique doing by injecting a local anesthetic among the erector spinae muscle group and transverse processes. The phrenic nerve is a branch of the cervical plexus, arising from the anterior rami of cervical nerves C3, C4, and C5. The quadratus lumborum muscle is located along the posterior abdominal wall. It originates from the transverse process of the L5 vertebral body, the iliolumbar ligament, and the iliac crest. US-guided peripheral nerve procedures have a considerable scope of use, including treating headaches and hiccups to abdominal surgical pain, cesarean sections, musculoskeletal pathologies. These nerve blocks have been an effective addition to clinical anesthesia practice. The use of peripheral nerve blocks has improved postoperative pain, lessened the use of opioids and their potential side effects, and decreased the incidence of sleep disturbance in patients. More research should be done to further delineate the potential benefits of these blocks.

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Erector SpinaeNerve BlocksPhrenicQuadratus LumborumUltrasound

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PMID34692446
PMCPMC8520672
OpenAlexW3197544602

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