Serratus anterior plane versus paravertebral nerve blocks for postoperative analgesia after non-mastectomy breast surgery: a randomized controlled non-inferiority trial

• Published in: Regional anesthesia and pain medicine Vol. 46; no. 9; pp. 773 - 778
• Main Authors: Gabriel, Rodney A, Swisher, Matthew W, Sztain, Jacklynn F, Curran, Brian P, Said, Engy T, Abramson, Wendy B, Khatibi, Bahareh, Alexander, Brenton S, Finneran, John J, Wallace, Anne M, Armani, Ava, Blair, Sarah, Dobke, Marek, Suliman, Ahmed, Reid, Christopher, Donohue, Michael C, Ilfeld, Brian M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 01.09.2021; BMJ Publishing Group LTD; BMJ Publishing Group
• Subjects: Analgesia; Analgesics; Breast Neoplasms; Breast surgery; Electronic health records; Female; Fentanyl; Hospitals; Humans; Lumpectomy; Mastectomy; Mastectomy - adverse effects; Medical records; Morphine; Narcotics; Nausea; nerve block; Nerve Block - adverse effects; Original Research; Pain; Pain, Postoperative - diagnosis; Pain, Postoperative - etiology; Pain, Postoperative - prevention & control; postoperative; Regional anesthesia; Surgery; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonic transducers; Vomiting; postoperative; pain; nerve block; regional anesthesia

BackgroundParavertebral and serratus plane blocks are both used to treat pain following breast surgery. However, it remains unknown if the newer serratus block provides comparable analgesia to the decades-old paravertebral technique.MethodsSubjects undergoing unilateral or bilateral non-mastectomy b...