Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine: 45 (6)

Editorial

Comparing outcomes after peripheral nerve block versus general anesthesia for lower extremity amputation: a nationwide exploratory retrospective cohort study in Japan (3 April, 2020)
Hiroaki Abe, Masahiko Sumitani, Hiroki Matsui, Shotaro Aso, Reo Inoue, Kiyohide Fushimi, Kanji Uchida, Hideo Yasunaga, Yoshitsugu Yamada
Neuraxial anesthesia is associated with improved survival after total joint arthroplasty depending on frailty: a cohort study (7 April, 2020)
Rebecca L Johnson, Ryan D Frank, Elizabeth B Habermann, Alanna M Chamberlain, Matthew P Abdel, Darrell R Schroeder, Carlos B Mantilla
Novel compound LL-a produces long and nociceptive-selective regional anesthesia via TRPV1 channels in rodents sciatic nerve block model (12 April, 2020)
Cheng Zhou, Lei Tang, Qinqin Yin, Linghui Yang, Deying Gong, Yi Kang, Hangxue Cao, Jing Fan, Yujun Zhang, Duo Qian, Qianqian Zhang, Bowen Ke, Jin Liu, Wensheng Zhang, Jun Yang
Intraindividual variation of the transversus abdominis plane block: an exploratory study in healthy volunteers (15 April, 2020)
Christian Svendsen Juhl, Christian Rothe, Kion Støving, Eske K Aasvang, Charlotte V Rosenstock, Kai Henrik Wiborg Lange, Lars Hyldborg Lundstrøm

Consensus practice guidelines on interventions for lumbar facet joint pain from a multispecialty, international working group (3 April, 2020)
Steven P Cohen, Arun Bhaskar, Anuj Bhatia, Asokumar Buvanendran, Tim Deer, Shuchita Garg, W Michael Hooten, Robert W Hurley, David J Kennedy, Brian C McLean, Jee Youn Moon, Samer Narouze, Sanjog Pangarkar, David Anthony Provenzano, Richard Rauck, B Todd Sitzman, Matthew Smuck, Jan van Zundert, Kevin Vorenkamp, Mark S Wallace, Zirong Zhao

Implementation of a patient-specific tapering protocol at discharge decreases total opioid dose prescribed for 6 weeks after elective primary spine surgery (31 March, 2020)
Sarah S Joo, Oluwatobi O Hunter, Mallika Tamboli, Jody C Leng, T Kyle Harrison, Kate Kassab, Jody D Keeton, Stephen Skirboll, Suzanne Tharin, Emam Saleh, Seshadri C Mudumbai, Rachel R Wang, Alex Kou, Edward R Mariano

Letter: Refining a great idea: the consolidation of PECS I, PECS II and serratus blocks into a single thoracic fascial plane block, the SAP block—a concern on the muscle pain (25 October, 2019)
Hongye Zhang, Yongsheng Miao, Zongyang Qu
Letter: The sensory innervation of the chest wall and its implications (25 October, 2019)
Carlo D Franco
Letter: Simultaneous display of real-time ultrasound and surface landmark image (13 October, 2019)
Ky Tan Huynh, Johnathan Chaika, Tae W Kim
Letter: Erector spinae plane block for peroral endoscopic myotomy analgesia in pediatric patients (30 October, 2019)
Özlem Özkalaycı, Seçil Çetin, Yılmaz Yenigün, Muhammet Ahmet Karakaya, Yavuz Gürkan, Ömür Erçelen
Letter: The importance of anesthesia postoperative rounding (4 November, 2019)
Gurpreet Kaur Baryah, Gurkaran Kaur Sidhu, Seema Jindal
Letter: Neuraxial anesthesia and nintedanib use: a word of caution (6 November, 2019)
José Raul Soberón, James B Mason, Lexie C Dauer, Cheri A Sulek
Letter: Yet another perineural layer: so what? (4 November, 2019)
Miguel A Reina, Andre Boezaart, Olga C Nin, Yury Zasimovich, Xavier Sala-Blanch