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ReviewMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2024

Latest Advances in Regional Anaesthesia.

Frances Fallon, Aneurin Moorthy, Conor Skerritt, Gillian G Crowe, Donal J Buggy

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Review in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  6. Rebound Pain After Regional Anaesthesia.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Frances FallonDepartment of Anaesthesia, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Eccles St, D07 WKW8 Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0003-4481-0796
Aneurin MoorthyDepartment of Anaesthesia, National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh/Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Eccles St, D07 WKW8 Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0001-7325-8908
Conor SkerrittDepartment of Anaesthesia, National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh/Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Eccles St, D07 WKW8 Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-5031-1777
Gillian G CroweDepartment of Anaesthesia, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, T12 DC4A Cork, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0001-5800-5283
Donal J BuggyDepartment of Anaesthesia, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Eccles St, D07 WKW8 Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0003-3922-4397

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Training and expertise in regional anaesthesia have increased significantly in tandem with increased interest over the past two decades. This review outlines the most recent advances in regional anaesthesia and focuses on novel areas of interest including fascial plane blocks. Pharmacological advances in the form of the prolongation of drug duration with liposomal bupivacaine are considered. Neuromodulation in the context of regional anaesthesia is outlined as a potential future direction. The growing use of regional anaesthesia outside of the theatre environment and current thinking on managing the rebound plane after regional block regression are also discussed. Recent relevant evidence is summarised, unanswered questions are outlined, and priorities for ongoing investigation are suggested.

Indexed as

Anesthesia, ConductionAnesthetics, LocalBupivacaineHumansNerve BlockAnesthetics, LocalBupivacaineacute painanaesthesiaregional anaesthesiasurgery

Identifiers

PMID38792918
PMCPMC11123025

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