Reply to Dr Pascarella and colleagues

Affiliations

¹ Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Chile School of Medicine, Santiago, Chile julian.aliste@uchile.cl.
² Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Chile School of Medicine, Santiago, Chile.
³ Orthopedic Surgery, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
⁴ Pain and Research, The University of British Columbia, Kelowna, Columbia, Canada.
⁵ Anesthesiology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Comment

Julián Aliste et al. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2022 Mar.

. 2022 Mar;47(3):201.

doi: 10.1136/rapm-2021-103125. Epub 2021 Sep 13.

¹ Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Chile School of Medicine, Santiago, Chile julian.aliste@uchile.cl.
² Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Chile School of Medicine, Santiago, Chile.
³ Orthopedic Surgery, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
⁴ Pain and Research, The University of British Columbia, Kelowna, Columbia, Canada.
⁵ Anesthesiology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: lower extremity; nerve block; pain; pain management; postoperative.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

Randomized comparison between pericapsular nerve group (PENG) block and suprainguinal fascia iliaca block for total hip arthroplasty.
Aliste J, Layera S, Bravo D, Jara Á, Muñoz G, Barrientos C, Wulf R, Brañez J, Finlayson RJ, Tran Q. Aliste J, et al. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2021 Oct;46(10):874-878. doi: 10.1136/rapm-2021-102997. Epub 2021 Jul 20. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2021. PMID: 34290085 Clinical Trial.
Defining the optimal spread of local anesthetic during pericapsular nerve group (PENG) block may help to avoid short-term motor block (reply to Aliste et al).
Pascarella G, Costa F, Del Buono R, Strumia A, Cataldo R, Agrò FE, Carassiti M. Pascarella G, et al. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2022 Mar;47(3):200-201. doi: 10.1136/rapm-2021-103086. Epub 2021 Sep 13. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2022. PMID: 34518369 No abstract available.