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Anaesthesiology
Advanced Plan B Peripheral Nerve Blocks
Built from Practical Ultrasound in Anesthesia
What’s inside
6 sections · 48 slides
Overview
- What this deck covers
- The Plan B block family
Foundations
Why abdominal wall blocks fall short and what Plan B adds
- Multimodal analgesia and the role of blocks
- Why abdominal wall blocks miss visceral pain
- TAP and abdominal wall blocks underperform
- Four QL block variations
- Lateral, posterior and anterior QL blocks
Lateral QL Block
Formerly QLB1 — injection at the lateral border of the quadratus lumborum muscle
- Lateral QLB target
- Positioning and the scanning window
- Finding the sonoanatomy step by step
- Lateral QL block sonoanatomy
- Scanning pearls
- Positioning and probe alignment
- Needling approach
- Drugs, volume, and spread
- Lateral QLB injection point
- Three nearby injection points
- Lateral QLB indications and evidence
Posterior QL Block
Formerly QLB2 — injection at the posterior border of the quadratus lumborum muscle
- Posterior QLB target and why visceral coverage fails
- Posterior QL block sonoanatomy
- Positioning differences
- Needling and technique
- Posterior QLB injection point
- Posterior QLB indications and evidence
Anterior QL Block
Formerly QLB3 / transmuscular — injection at the anterior border of the quadratus lumborum muscle
- How the anterior QLB works
- Anterior QLB background and spread
- Positioning and safety
- Avoiding the wrong block
- Anterior QL block sonoanatomy
- Needling
- Anterior QLB injection point
- Drugs, volume, and spread
- Anterior QLB indications and evidence
Lumbar Plexus Block
Using the shamrock view for a detailed window onto the lumbar plexus
- Why the lumbar plexus block
- Shamrock sign
- Positioning
- Injection point after tilting the probe
- Needling
- Paraspinal injection point
- Drugs, dose, and spread
- Indications
- Plan B blocks at a glance
- Key takeaways
- References
- References (continued)
- References (continued)
- References (continued)
- Practical Ultrasound in Anesthesia for Critical Care and Pain Management