TY - JOUR T1 - Interfascial Plane Blocks: <em>Back to Basics</em> JF - Regional Anesthesia &amp; Pain Medicine JO - Reg Anesth Pain Med SP - 341 LP - 346 DO - 10.1097/AAP.0000000000000750 VL - 43 IS - 4 AU - Hesham Elsharkawy AU - Amit Pawa AU - Edward R. Mariano Y1 - 2018/05/01 UR - http://rapm.bmj.com/content/43/4/341.abstract N2 - Abstract Ultrasound-guided interfascial plane blocks are a recent development in modern regional anesthesia research and practice and represent a new route of transmission for local anesthetic to various anatomic locations, but much more research is warranted. Before becoming overtaken with enthusiasm for these new techniques, a deeper understanding of fascial tissue anatomy and structure, as well as precise targets for needle placement, is required. Many factors may influence the ultimate spread and quality of resulting interfascial plane blocks, and these must be understood in order to best integrate these techniques into contemporary perioperative pain management protocols. ER -