Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust Frimley Park Hospital Clinical Fellow in Regional Anaesthesia Frimley Park NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest acute Trusts in the South East which is renowned for its excellent clinical care and friendly atmosphere. The Frimley Park site anaesthetic department has 46 consultant anaesthetists. Frimley Park Hospital has one […]

Prospective, Double-Blind, Randomized Study to Evaluate Single-Injection Adductor Canal Nerve Block Versus Femoral Nerve Block: Postoperative Functional Outcomes After Total Knee Arthroplasty. Macrinici GI, Murphy C, Christman L et al Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2017 Jan/Feb;42(1):10-16. [/fusion_text][fusion_text] Background and Objectives: This clinical trial compares adductor canal block (ACB) with femoral nerve block (FNB) for total knee […]

A radiologic and anatomic assessment of injectate spread following transmuscular quadratus lumborum block in cadavers. Adhikary SD, El-Boghdadly K, Chin KJ et al. Anaesthesia. 2016 Oct 12. doi: 10.1111/anae.13647. The authors performed bilateral transmuscular quadratus lumborum blocks in six cadavers using iodinated contrast and methylene blue. Computed tomography imaging was performed in four cadavers and […]

Quadratus Lumborum Block Versus Transversus Abdominis Plane Block for Postoperative Pain After Cesarean Delivery: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Blanco R, Ansari T, Riad W, Shetty N. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2016 Nov/Dec;41(6):757-762. 76 patients scheduled for elective cesarean delivery under spinal anesthesia to receive the quadratus lumborum block or the transversus abdominis plane block for […]

  The Impact of Paravertebral Block Analgesia on Breast Cancer Survival After Surgery. Cata JP, Chavez-MacGregor M, Valero V et al. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2016 Nov/Dec;41(6):696-703.   Seven hundred ninety-two women with nonmetastatic breast cancer were included in this retrospective study. Patients were divided based on the administration of PVB analgesia for mastectomy surgeries. […]