About this Research Topic
Interfascial plane blocks are not novel in anesthesia, however, the past few years were characterized by an increasing interest regarding their possible applications for pain relief in both surgical and pain therapy settings.
The number of the interfascial plane blocks described has exponentially increased year after year, with hundreds of articles describing novel potential indications. In particular, in recent years, increased interest in fascial plane blocks has paved the way for the diffusion of a wide variety of regional anesthesia techniques for patients undergoing surgery. These techniques may be easier to perform for the general anesthesiologist without specialty training in regional anesthesia.
The superiority of these interventions compared to other regional anesthesia techniques is still discussed.
Moreover, the distribution and the side effect of some interfascial blocks (such as Erector Spinae Plane block) is still under investigation.
For this reason, randomized controlled trials, dissection studies, meta-analyses are deemed necessary to establish which of these blocks provide the best risk/benefit profile and for which clinical indications.
Given the novelty of most of these techniques, the rate of complications has still to be estimated.
Large retrospective or prospective trials could be useful to assess this goal.
We welcome submissions of Original Research, Review, Mini Review, instructive Case Report, Opinion and Clinical Trial with a focus on the clinical and basic studies of interfascial plane blocks, focusing on, but not limited to the following topics:
• Inter-pectoral Plane block
• Pectoserratus Plane block
• Superficial Serratus Anterior Plane block
• Deep Serratus Anterior Plane block
• Retro-laminar Plane block
• Transversous Abdominis Plane block
• TLIP Plane block
• Other Interfascial Plane blocks non listed
The number of the interfascial plane blocks described has exponentially increased year after year, with hundreds of articles describing novel potential indications. In particular, in recent years, increased interest in fascial plane blocks has paved the way for the diffusion of a wide variety of regional anesthesia techniques for patients undergoing surgery. These techniques may be easier to perform for the general anesthesiologist without specialty training in regional anesthesia.
The superiority of these interventions compared to other regional anesthesia techniques is still discussed.
Moreover, the distribution and the side effect of some interfascial blocks (such as Erector Spinae Plane block) is still under investigation.
For this reason, randomized controlled trials, dissection studies, meta-analyses are deemed necessary to establish which of these blocks provide the best risk/benefit profile and for which clinical indications.
Given the novelty of most of these techniques, the rate of complications has still to be estimated.
Large retrospective or prospective trials could be useful to assess this goal.
We welcome submissions of Original Research, Review, Mini Review, instructive Case Report, Opinion and Clinical Trial with a focus on the clinical and basic studies of interfascial plane blocks, focusing on, but not limited to the following topics:
• Inter-pectoral Plane block
• Pectoserratus Plane block
• Superficial Serratus Anterior Plane block
• Deep Serratus Anterior Plane block
• Retro-laminar Plane block
• Transversous Abdominis Plane block
• TLIP Plane block
• Other Interfascial Plane blocks non listed
Keywords: interfascial plane blocks, anesthesia, multimodal analgesia, regional anesthesia, postoperative pain
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