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Trunk blocks for abdominal surgery
Author(s) -
Finnerty O.,
Carney J.,
McDonnell J. G.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2009.06203.x
Subject(s) - medicine , transversus abdominis , abdomen , rectus sheath , trunk , intercostal nerves , abdominal surgery , surgery , abdominal muscles , abdomen surgery , abdominal wall , rectus abdominis muscle , anesthesia , ecology , biology
Summary In this review, we discuss the central non‐neuraxial regional anaesthesia blocks of the abdomen, including intercostal and intrapleural blocks, rectus sheath and ilioinguinal‐iliohypogastric blocks, transversus abdominis plane blocks and paravertebral blocks.