Abstract
Plane blocks have been developed and introduced over the last decade for perioperative anesthesia as well as for postoperative analgesia and for treatment of acute posttraumatic pain such as rib fractures. Less has been published about the use of such procedures in the management of chronic pain.
Highlights
Muscles and internal organs are surrounded by fasciae these are sheets of connective tissue that surround, stabilize and separate the muscles and internal organs
The potential space between fasciae is a plane into which local anesthetic can be injected, which will spread throughout the interfascial plane reaching, surrounding and blocking nerves in the area, achieving anesthesia or analgesia in the area innervated by those nerves
Plane blocks have been developed and introduced over the last decade for perioperative anesthesia as well as for postoperative analgesia and for treatment of acute posttraumatic pain such as rib fractures, though less has been published about the use of such procedures in the management of chronic pain
Summary
Muscles and internal organs are surrounded by fasciae these are sheets of connective tissue (mainly collagen) that surround, stabilize and separate the muscles and internal organs. Plane blocks have been developed and introduced over the last decade for perioperative anesthesia as well as for postoperative analgesia and for treatment of acute posttraumatic pain such as rib fractures, though less has been published about the use of such procedures in the management of chronic pain. They are relatively easier to perform than selective nerve blocks and are gaining an increasingly important place in the clinical practice of both anesthesiologists and pain medicine practitioners.
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