Serum concentrations of local anesthetics after unilateral interpectoral-pectoserratus plane block in breast cancer surgery: a pharmacokinetic study.

Barbara Versyck Kris Vermeylen Johan Willemse Geert-Jan van Geffen Ine Leunen Filiep Soetens Sylvie Devos Laurence Roosens

Published in: Regional anesthesia and pain medicine (2023)

This pharmacokinetic study demonstrated that a 2.5 mg/kg ropivacaine interpectoral-pectoserratus plane block may result in exceeding the threshold for local anesthetic systemic toxicity.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
oxidative stress
surgical site infection
postoperative pain
percutaneous coronary intervention
young adults
breast cancer risk