Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2024 May 16:rapm-2024-105511. doi: 10.1136/rapm-2024-105511. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: In an effort to shorten onset time, a common practice is to add lidocaine to bupivacaine. In the setting of infraclavicular block, it is unclear what the block characteristics of this practice are compared with bupivacaine alone....

Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2024 May 16:rapm-2024-105313. doi: 10.1136/rapm-2024-105313. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND AND AIMS: Anterior quadratus lumborum block is a truncal block, applied in close proximity to the lumbar plexus, potentially causing lower limb weakness. This trial aimed to evaluate whether a unilateral anterior quadratus lumborum...

Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2024 May 16:rapm-2024-105352. doi: 10.1136/rapm-2024-105352. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Extended reality (XR) technology, encompassing virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality, has been widely studied for procedural navigation in surgical specialties. Similar to how ultrasound transformed regional anesthesia,...

Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2024 May 13:rapm-2023-105247. doi: 10.1136/rapm-2023-105247. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Catastrophizing is associated with worse pain outcomes after various procedures suggesting its utility in predicting response. However, the stability of pain catastrophizing as a static predictor has been challenged. We assess,...

Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2024 May 10:rapm-2024-105527. doi: 10.1136/rapm-2024-105527. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38729769 | DOI:10.1136/rapm-2024-105527

Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2024 May 9:rapm-2024-105427. doi: 10.1136/rapm-2024-105427. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThis educational article discusses the current understanding of the pericaspular nerve group block (PENG) of the hip regarding its mechanism of action and spread patterns, as well as plausible explanations for postblock quadriceps weakness....