title: Thoracic interfascial nerve block for breast surgery in a pregnant woman: a case report.
abstract: Regional anesthesia for non-obstetric surgery in parturients is a method to decrease patient and fetal risk during general anesthesia. Thoracic interfascial nerve block can be used as an analgesic technique for surgical procedures of the thorax. The Pecs II block is an interfascial block that targets not only the medial and lateral pectoral nerves, but also the lateral cutaneous branch of the intercostal nerve. Pecto-intercostal fascial block (PIFB) targets the anterior cutaneous branch of the intercostal nerve. The authors successfully performed a modified Pecs II block and PIFB without complications in a parturient who refused general anesthesia for breast surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Chungnam National University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Boohwi
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-2468-9271
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Chungnam National University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Seok-Hwa
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Chungnam National University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Ann Misun
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-5491-5888
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Youn
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Chungnam National University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Bum June
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Chungnam National University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Seunghyun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Chungnam National University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Yeomyung
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoon
keywords: Breast surgery; Parturient; Regional anesthesia