Standardizing nomenclature in regional anesthesia: an ASRA-ESRA Delphi consensus study of abdominal wall, paraspinal, and chest wall blocks.
Kariem El-BoghdadlyMorné WolmaransAngela D StengelEric AlbrechtKi-Jinn ChinHesham ElsharkawySandra KoppEdward R MarianoJeff L XuSanjib AdhikaryBasak AltiparmakMichael J BarringtonSébastien BlocRafael BlancoKaren BoretskyJens BørglumMargaretha BreebaartDavid Burckett-St LaurentXavier CapdevilaBrendan CarvalhoAlwin ChuanSteve CoppensIoana CostacheMette DamChristian EgelerMario FajardoJeff GadsdenPhilippe Emmanuel GautierStuart Alan GrantAdmir HadzicPeter HebbardNadia HernandezRosemary HoggMargaret HoltzRebecca L JohnsonManoj Kumar KarmakarPaul KesslerKwesi KwofieClara LoboDanielle LudwinAlan MacFarlaneJohn McDonnellGraeme A McLeodPeter MerjavyEml MoranBrian D O'DonnellTeresa ParrasAmit PawaAnahi PerlasMaria Fernanda Rojas GomezXavier Sala-BlanchAndrea SaporitoSanjay Kumar SinhaEllen M SoffinAthmaja ThottungalJordan D HillSerkan TulgarLloyd TurbittVishal UppalGeert J van GeffenThomas VolkNabil M ElkassabanyPublished in: Regional anesthesia and pain medicine (2021)
Harmonization and standardization of nomenclature may improve education, research, and ultimately patient care. We present the first international consensus on nomenclature and anatomical descriptions of blocks of the abdominal wall, chest wall, and paraspinal blocks. We recommend using the consensus results in academic and clinical practice.