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Thoracic interfascial nerve block for breast surgery in a pregnant woman: a case report.

Boohwi HongSeok-Hwa YoonAnn Misun YounBum June KimSeunghyun SongYeomyung Yoon
Published in: Korean journal of anesthesiology (2017)
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.
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