Bilateral Rhomboid Intercostal Block for Perioperative Analgesia in Patients Undergoing Bilateral Reduction Mammoplasty

Summary

Bilateral reduction mammoplasty is one of the most commonly performed breast surgery. The Postoperative pain following it should be minimized. Opioid administration for acute pain after reduction mammoplasty surgery has many side effects. Regional block techniques such as paravertebral block and thoracic epidural anesthesia have possible complications and technical difficulties. The new alternative regional techniques such as erector spinae plane block and rhomboid intercostal plane block are clinical trials for providing a safe, easy, and painless anesthetic procedure with adequate postoperative analgesia for a large section of patients undergoing thoracic surgeries.

Timeline

Start

2024-02-01

Primary completion

2024-08-01

Completion

2024-09-01

Publications

• Background Gad M, Abdelwahab K, Abdallah A, Abdelkhalek M, Abdelaziz M. Ultrasound-Guided Erector Spinae Plane Block Compared to Modified Pectoral Plane Block for Modified Radical Mastectomy Operations. Anesth Essays Res. 2019 Apr-Jun;13(2):334-339. doi: 10.4103/aer.AER_77_19.
• Background Viscardi JA, Oranges CM, Schaefer DJ, Kalbermatten DF. Reduction Mammoplasty: A Ten-Year Retrospective Review of the Omega Resection Pattern Technique. J Clin Med. 2021 Sep 27;10(19):4418. doi: 10.3390/jcm10194418.
• Background Elsharkawy H, Saifullah T, Kolli S, Drake R. Rhomboid intercostal block. Anaesthesia. 2016 Jul;71(7):856-7. doi: 10.1111/anae.13498. No abstract available.
• Background Tunay DL, Ilginel MT, Karacaer F, Biricik E, Tabakan I, Ozmete O. Bilateral Ultrasound-Guided Erector Spinae Plane Block for Perioperative Analgesia in Breast Reduction Surgery: A Prospective Randomized and Controlled Trial. Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2023 Aug;47(4):1279-1288. doi: 10.1007/s00266-023-03315-0. Epub 2023 Mar 16.
• Background Yayik AM, Ahiskalioglu A, Ates I, Ahiskalioglu EO, Cinal H. Ultrasound guided bilateral rhomboid intercostal block for breast reduction surgery. J Clin Anesth. 2019 Nov;57:38-39. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2019.03.001. Epub 2019 Mar 6. No abstract available.
• Abd Ellatif SE, Wahdan RA, Wahdan RA, Ibrahim ES, Galal Eldin AM. Rhomboid intercostal block versus erector spinae plane block for perioperative analgesia in patients undergoing reduction mammoplasty: a prospective randomized study. BMC Anesthesiol. 2026 Feb 6;26(1):138. doi: 10.1186/s12871-025-03567-0.

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