Alternative Regional Anesthesia for Surgical Management of Multilevel Unilateral Rib Fractures

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2020 May;34(5):1281-1284. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2019.11.045. Epub 2019 Dec 6.

Affiliations

¹ Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Romagna, M.Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy. Electronic address: domenicopietro.santonastaso@auslromagna.it.
² Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Romagna, M.Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy.
³ Division of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Bologna, Italy.
⁴ Department of General and Emergency Surgery, Azienda Romagna, M.Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy.

PMID: 31917075
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2019.11.045

No abstract available

Keywords: awake patient; erector spinae plane block; rib fractures; surgical stabilization of rib fractures; thoracic paravertebral block.

MeSH terms

Anesthesia, Conduction*
Humans
Nerve Block*
Rib Fractures* / complications
Rib Fractures* / diagnostic imaging
Rib Fractures* / surgery