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ArticleSaudi journal of anaesthesia

Role of fascial plane blocks and elastosonography in the assessment of stiffness in chronic myofascial pain.

Pierfrancesco Fusco, Walter Ciaschi, Gian Marco Petroni, Chiara Maggiani, Emanuele Nazzarro

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Article in Saudi journal of anaesthesia. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Pierfrancesco FuscoDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, SS Filippo e Nicola Hospital, Avezzano (AQ), Italy.
Walter CiaschiDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, F. Spaziani Academic Hospital, Frosinone, Italy.
Gian Marco PetroniDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, S. Maria Hospital, Terni, Italy.
Chiara MaggianiDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, F. Spaziani Academic Hospital, Frosinone, Italy.
Emanuele NazzarroDepartment of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic myofascial pain is a very common pathological condition, but the diagnosis can be complex. Elastosonography can be a valuable aid to diagnosis by demonstrating increased stifness of the myofascial unit. In addition, it can demonstrate the reduction in stifness after performing a fascial plane block by allowing the effectiveness of the block to be evaluated. In this case series we present cases of patients evaluated with elastosonography before and after fascial plane block and demonstrate the differences.

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Chronic painelastosonographyregional anesthesia

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PMID40994508
PMCPMC12456615

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