Too Deep or Not Too Deep?: A Propensity-Matched Comparison of the Analgesic Effects of a Superficial Versus Deep Serratus Fascial Plane Block for Ambulatory Breast Cancer Surgery

Faraj W. Abdallah; Tulin Cil; David MacLean; Caveh Madjdpour; Jaime Escallon; John Semple; Richard Brull

doi:10.1097/AAP.0000000000000768

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Too Deep or Not Too Deep?: A Propensity-Matched Comparison of the Analgesic Effects of a Superficial Versus Deep Serratus Fascial Plane Block for Ambulatory Breast Cancer Surgery

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Faraj W. Abdallah Department of Anesthesia, University of TorontoDepartment of Anesthesia and the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, TorontoDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine and the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tulin Cil Department of Surgery, University of TorontoDepartment of Surgery, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
David MacLean Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Caveh Madjdpour Anaesthetics Department, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, North Tyneside General Hospital, North Shields, United Kingdom PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jaime Escallon Department of Surgery, University of TorontoDepartment of Surgery, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
John Semple Department of Surgery, University of TorontoDepartment of Surgery, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Richard Brull Department of Anesthesia, Women's College Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Address correspondence to: Faraj W. Abdallah, MD, The Ottawa Hospital General Campus, 501 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1H 8L6 (e-mail: FAbdallah{at}toh.ca).

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Abdallah FW, Cil T, MacLean D, et al

Too Deep or Not Too Deep?: A Propensity-Matched Comparison of the Analgesic Effects of a Superficial Versus Deep Serratus Fascial Plane Block for Ambulatory Breast Cancer Surgery

Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine 2018;43:480-487.

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First published July 1, 2018.

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February 27, 2019

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