Trunk blocks for abdominal surgery.
In this review, we discuss the central non-neuraxial regional anaesthesia blocks of the abdomen, including intercostal and intrapleural blocks, rectus sheath and ilioinguinal-iliohypogastric blocks, transversus abdominis plane blocks and paravertebral blocks.
Finnerty
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Department of Anaesthesia, Clinical Sciences Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland.
Carney
J
J
McDonnell
J G
JG
D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery*; D034861:Abdominal Wall / Q000294:innervation; D006801:Humans; D009407:Nerve Block / Q000379:methods*; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000517:prevention & control*