There is an epidemic of opioid use, abuse, and misuse in the United States, which results in
significant morbidity and mortality. It may be difficult to reduce perioperative opioid use given …

Optimal analgesia is an integral part of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programs
designed to improve patients' perioperative experience and outcomes. Regional anesthetic …

Study objective Breast cancer is the most common malignancy of women all over the world.
In this study, we compared the effects of ultrasound-guided modified pectoral nerve (PECS) …

Analgesic protocols used to treat pain after breast surgery vary significantly. The aim of this
systematic review was to evaluate the available literature on this topic and develop …

Surgery is the primary therapeutic intervention for breast cancer and can result in significant
postoperative pain. We searched the current literature and performed a meta‐analysis in …

Acute postoperative pain remains a major problem, resulting in multiple undesirable
outcomes if inadequately controlled. Most surgical patients spend their immediate …

A new regional anaesthetic block technique is described in this issue of Anaesthesia by
Chin et al. whereby local anaesthetic is injected within a plane beneath the erector spinae …

The novel erector spinae plane block (ESPB) has been reported to provide important
postoperative analgesic benefits following a variety of truncal and abdominal surgical …

Background Thoracic paravertebral block is the preferred regional anesthetic technique for
breast cancer surgery, but concerns over its invasiveness and risks have prompted search …

Background: Good postoperative analgesia in cardiac surgical patients helps in early
recovery and ambulation. An alternative to parenteral, paravertebral, and thoracic epidural …