Standardizing nomenclature in regional anesthesia: an ASRA-ESRA Delphi consensus study of upper and lower limb nerve blocks.
Kariem El-BoghdadlyEric AlbrechtMorné WolmaransEdward R MarianoSandra KoppAnahi PerlasAthmaja ThottungalJeff GadsdenSerkan TulgarSanjib AdhikaryJose AguirreAnne M R AgurBasak AltiparmakMichael J BarringtonNigel BedforthRafael BlancoSébastien BlocKaren R BoretskyJames Simeon BownessMargaretha BreebaartDavid Burckett-St LaurentBrendan CarvalhoJacques E ChellyKi-Jinn ChinAlwin ChuanSteve CoppensIoana CostacheMette DamMatthias DesmetShalini DhirChristian EgelerHesham ElsharkawyThomas Fichtner BendtsenBen FoxCarlo D FrancoPhilippe Emmanuel GautierStuart Alan GrantSina GrapeCarrie GuheenMonica W HarbellPeter D HebbardNadia HernandezRosemary M G HoggMargaret HoltzBarys IhnatsenkaBrian M IlfeldVivian H Y IpRebecca L JohnsonHari KalagaraPaul KesslerM Kwesi KwofieLinda Le-WendlingPhilipp LirkClara LoboDanielle LudwinAlan James Robert MacfarlaneAlexandros MakrisColin McCartneyJohn McDonnellGraeme A McLeodStavros G MemtsoudisPeter MerjavyE M Louise MoranAntoun NaderJoseph M NealAhtsham U NiaziCatherine Njathi-OriBrian D O'DonnellMatt OldmanSteven L OrebaughTeresa ParrasAmit PawaPhilip PengSteven B PorterBridget P PulosXavier Sala BlanchAndrea SaporitoAxel R SauterEric S SchwenkMaria Paz SebastianNavdeep SidhuSanjay Kumar SinhaEllen M SoffinJames StimpsonRaymond TangJordan D HillLloyd TurbittVishal UppalGeert-Jan van GeffenKris VermeylenKamen VlassakovThomas VolkJeff L XuNabil M ElkassabanyPublished in: Regional anesthesia and pain medicine (2023)
We achieved consensus on nomenclature and anatomical descriptions of regional anesthetic techniques for upper and lower limb nerve blocks, and recommend using this framework in clinical and academic practice. This should improve research, teaching and learning of regional anesthesia to eventually improve patient care.