Kariem El-Boghdadly, Eric Albrecht, Morné Wolmarans, Edward R Mariano, Sandra Kopp, Anahi Perlas, Athmaja Thottungal, Jeff Gadsden, Serkan Tulgar, Sanjib Adhikary, Jose Aguirre, Anne M R Agur, Başak Altıparmak, Michael J Barrington, Nigel Bedforth, Rafael Blanco, Sébastien Bloc, Karen Boretsky, James Bowness, Margaretha Breebaart, David Burckett-St Laurent, Brendan Carvalho, Jacques E Chelly, Ki Jinn Chin, Alwin Chuan, Steve Coppens, Ioana Costache, Mette Dam, Matthias Desmet, Shalini Dhir, Christian Egeler, Hesham Elsharkawy, Thomas Fichtner Bendtsen, Ben Fox, Carlo D Franco, Philippe Emmanuel Gautier, Stuart Alan Grant, Sina Grape, Carrie Guheen, Monica W Harbell, Peter Hebbard, Nadia Hernandez, Rosemary M G Hogg, Margaret Holtz, Barys Ihnatsenka, Brian M Ilfeld, Vivian H Y Ip, Rebecca L Johnson, Hari Kalagara, Paul Kessler, M Kwesi Kwofie, Linda Le-Wendling, Philipp Lirk, Clara Lobo, Danielle Ludwin, Alan James Robert Macfarlane, Alexandros Makris, Colin McCartney, John McDonnell, Graeme A McLeod, Stavros G Memtsoudis, Peter Merjavy, E M Louise Moran, Antoun Nader, Joseph M Neal, Ahtsham U Niazi, Catherine Njathi-Ori, Brian D O'Donnell, Matt Oldman, Steven L Orebaugh, Teresa Parras, Amit Pawa, Philip Peng, Steven Porter, Bridget P Pulos, Xavier Sala-Blanch, Andrea Saporito, Axel R Sauter, Eric S Schwenk, Maria Paz Sebastian, Navdeep Sidhu, Sanjay Kumar Sinha, Ellen M Soffin, James Stimpson, Raymond Tang, Ban C H Tsui, Lloyd Turbitt, Vishal Uppal, Geert J van Geffen, Kris Vermeylen, Kamen Vlassakov, Thomas Volk, Jeff L Xu, Nabil M Elkassabany
BACKGROUND: Inconsistent nomenclature and anatomical descriptions of regional anesthetic techniques hinder scientific communication and engender confusion; this in turn has implications for research, education and clinical implementation of regional anesthesia. Having produced standardized nomenclature for abdominal wall, paraspinal and chest wall regional anesthetic techniques, we aimed to similarly do so for upper and lower limb peripheral nerve blocks. METHODS: We performed a three-round Delphi international consensus study to generate standardized names and anatomical descriptions of upper and lower limb regional anesthetic techniques...
November 22, 2023: Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine