The usage of single-shot ultrasound guided rhomboid intercostal block for analgesia after thoracotomy: Clinical experience in two patients

•Local anesthetic is injected between rhomboid and intercostal muscles in RIB.•RIB affects dorsal rami and lateral cutaneous branches of intercostal nerves.•RISS is the combination of rhomboid intercostal block and serratus plane block.•RIB provided effective analgesia after wedge resection with tho...

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Published inJournal of clinical anesthesia Vol. 56; pp. 98 - 99
Main Authors Altıparmak, Başak, Korkmaz Toker, Melike, Uysal, Ali İhsan, Turan, Mustafa, Gümüş Demirbilek, Semra
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.09.2019
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Aged
Analgesia - methods
Analgesics
Humans
Intercostal Muscles - diagnostic imaging
Intercostal Muscles - innervation
Intercostal Nerves - diagnostic imaging
Intercostal Nerves - drug effects
Male
Middle Aged
Nerve Block - methods
Ostomy
Pain management
Pain Measurement
Pain, Postoperative - diagnosis
Pain, Postoperative - etiology
Pain, Postoperative - therapy
Patients
Superficial Back Muscles - diagnostic imaging
Superficial Back Muscles - innervation
Surgery
Thoracotomy - adverse effects
Treatment Outcome
Ultrasonic imaging
Ultrasonography, Interventional - methods
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Summary:•Local anesthetic is injected between rhomboid and intercostal muscles in RIB.•RIB affects dorsal rami and lateral cutaneous branches of intercostal nerves.•RISS is the combination of rhomboid intercostal block and serratus plane block.•RIB provided effective analgesia after wedge resection with thoracotomy.
ISSN:0952-8180
1873-4529
DOI:10.1016/j.jclinane.2019.01.032