Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine: 45 (5)

Chronic and interventional pain

High definition ultrasound imaging of the individual elements of the brachial plexus above the clavicle (25 February, 2020)
Manoj Kumar Karmakar, Jatuporn Pakpirom, Banchobporn Songthamwat, Pornpatra Areeruk
Multicenter longitudinal cross-sectional study comparing effectiveness of serratus anterior plane, paravertebral and thoracic epidural for the analgesia of multiple rib fractures (11 March, 2020)
Laura Beard, Carl Hillermann, Emma Beard, Sue Millerchip, Rajneesh Sachdeva, Fang Gao Smith, Tonny Veenith
Lack of July effect in the utilization of neuraxial and peripheral nerve block in US teaching hospitals: a retrospective analysis (24 March, 2020)
Sang Jo Kim, Lauren Wilson, Jiabin Liu, David H Kim, Megan Fiasconaro, Jashvant Poeran, Carrie Freeman, Jonathan Beathe, Stavros Memtsoudis
Comparison of the effectiveness of circumferential versus non-circumferential spread in median and ulnar nerve blocks. A double-blind randomized clinical trial (11 March, 2020)
Paula Dieguez-Garcia, Servando Lopez-Alvarez, Jorge Juncal, Ana M Lopez, Xavier Sala-Blanch
HYR-PB21-LA, a potential extended-release bupivacaine formulation, produces long-lasting local anesthesia in rats and guinea pigs (12 March, 2020)
Jiashi Peng, Chang Liu, Jingjing Liu, Yihua Wang, Xiaorong Lu, Hongzhang Sun, Yunxian Yu, Shu Gao, Shanchun Zhang

Postdural puncture headache in the obstetric population: a new approach? (23 February, 2020)
João Xavier, Sílvia Pinho, Jorge Silva, Catarina S Nunes, Herminia Cabido, Rosário Fortuna, Rita Araújo, Paulo Lemos, Humberto Machado

Microbiological and scanning electron microscopic evaluation of epidural catheters (15 March, 2020)
Ganapathy van Samkar, Payal P S Balraadjsing, Henning Hermanns, Irene V Hoogendijk, Markus W Hollmann, Sebastian A J Zaat, Markus F Stevens
A cadaveric study of the erector spinae plane block in a neonatal sample (10 February, 2020)
Sabashnee Govender, Dwayne Mohr, Adrian Bosenberg, Albert Neels Van Schoor

Letter to the editor for the article titled ‘Analgesic efficacy and impact of caudal block on surgical complications of hypospadias repair: a systematic review and meta-analysis’ (5 December, 2019)
Yifeng Ren, Wei Shi, Chenguang Niu, Xiaozhen Zheng
Response to the letter from Dr Yifeng Ren et al (5 December, 2019)
Change Zhu, Saiji Zhang
Letter to the editor for article titled pectoral nerve blocks and postoperative pain outcomes after mastectomy: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (1 December, 2019)
Wei Shi, Yifeng Ren, Xiaozhen Zheng, Hai Yu
In reply to Shi et al (1 December, 2019)
Mark C Kendall, Gildasio S De Oliveira
Revisiting the anatomical evidence supporting the classical landmark of genicular nerve ablation (5 December, 2019)
John Tran, Anne Agur, Philip Peng
Increasing patient safety during adductor canal block (1 March, 2020)
Duncan Lee Hamilton
Quadratus lumborum block for elective cesarean section: simpler approach may gain more acceptance (9 December, 2019)
Robert Atkins
Fascia transversalis plane block for elective cesarean section: simpler but not necessarily better (9 December, 2019)
Christian Hansen, Mette Dam, Bernhard Moriggl, Thomas Fichtner Bendtsen, Jens Børglum